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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1212
People
Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 )
Designed by Eley George Mountstephen, Irish (County Meath, Ireland)
Title
William Eden, First Baron Auckland (1744-1814)
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medallion
Date
1790
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229899

Physical Descriptions

Medium
White jasperware body with deep blue glaze front and back; bust in white relief
Technique
Jasperware
Dimensions
11.1 x 8.6 x 1.2 cm (4 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • manufacturer's mark: verso, impressed: WEDGWOOD
  • gallery label: verso, paper and black ink, printed and handwritten: [printed:] F. RATHBONE / South Kensington, / LONDON, S.W.; [handwritten:] Marquis of / Rockingham / 1730-1789 / Old Wedgwood-- 1785
  • label: verso, white, graphite text: Wedg. / Col. / 49

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Frederick Rathbone, London, England], sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY, 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
1943.1212
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Auckland in right profile, with ponytail and lacy cravat.

Publication History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 53, p. 26
  • Jean Gorely, "Pedigreed Wedgwood", The Magazine Antiques (January 1945), pp. 29-31, p. 31
  • Dorothy W. Gillerman, ed., Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1969), pp. 212-213, no. 136a, repr. p. 213
  • Louise Todd Ambler, Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), p. 131, no. 61, ill. p. 130

Exhibition History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944
  • Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/17/1975 - 09/22/1975

Verification Level

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