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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1176
People
Manufactured by Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 )
After James Tassie, British, English (Pollokshaws, Scotland 1735 - 1799 London, England)
Title
The Dipping of Achilles
Other Titles
Alternate Title: The Immortalization of Achilles
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medallion
Date
late 18th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229883

Physical Descriptions

Medium
White jasperware body with blue glaze back and front surmounted by green jasperware border; figures and decoration in white relief
Technique
Jasperware
Dimensions
6.6 cm diam. x 0.3 cm depth (2 5/8 x 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • manufacturer's mark: verso, impressed: WEDGWOOD / H
  • inscription: verso, graphite, handwritten: 12876
  • inscription: verso, graphite, handwritten: [3]?

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Anthony Bower, Liverpool, England. [Frederick Rathbone, London], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, NY, July 25, 1913, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1176
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 23, p. 17
  • Jonathan Shaw and Jennifer Carling, "The Lost Museum: Teachings of the Philosophy Chamber, Recreated", Harvard Magazine (Cambridge, MA, 2017), pp. 42-49, p. 45
  • Ethan Lasser, ed., The Philosophy Chamber: Art and Science in Harvard’s Teaching Cabinet, 1766–1820, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2017), p. 107, Plate 43b; p. 127, Plate 63 (contents of cabinet); p. 140 (detail); pp. 152-157 in Jennifer L. Roberts's "Submergence"

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