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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1183
People
Probably Manufactured by Wedgwood & Bentley, British (in business 1769-1780)
Modelled by William Hackwood, British (1757 - 1839)
Title
Homer
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Bust of Homer
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
bust, sculpture
Date
c. 1775
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229913

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black basalt
Technique
Basaltes ware
Dimensions
33 x 21.6 x 17.8 cm (13 x 8 1/2 x 7 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: front of base, impressed: HOMER
  • inscription: back of neck, white paint: B174

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sir Richard Tagye, Birmingham, England. [Frederick Rathbone, London, England], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, NY, 1911, 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
1943.1183
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. 65, p. 29

Exhibition History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944
  • Old Wedgwood, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1973 - 05/27/1973
  • For Students of Art and Lovers of Beauty: Highlights from the Collection of Grenville L. Winthrop, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/16/2004
  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/07/2016 - 05/08/2016

Verification Level

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