1943.1186: Horace

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.1186

People

Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 )
Reworked by William Hackwood, British (1757 - 1839)
Modelled by Hoskins & Grant, British (18th c.)

Title

Horace

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

bust, sculpture

Date

1775

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/229915

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black basalt

Technique

Basaltes ware

Dimensions

37.8 x 24.8 x 16.8 cm (14 7/8 x 9 3/4 x 6 5/8 in.)
without base: 28.8 x 24.8 x 16.8 cm (11 5/16 x 9 3/4 x 6 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: on back, impressed: HORACE
• manufacturer's mark: back, impressed: WEDGWOOD
• manufacturer's mark: inside base, impressed: WEDGWOOD / A
• inscription: back, graphite, handwritten: 13566

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Frederick Rathbone, London, England], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, NY, 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

1943.1186

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 67, p. 30

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

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