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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1207
People
Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 )
After Thomas Pingo, British (Italy c. 1692 - 1776 London)
Title
Charles Pratt, Lord Camden (1713-1794)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Charles Pratt, First Earl Camden
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medallion
Date
1779
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229924

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Blue grey jasperware body with bust in white relief
Technique
Jasperware
Dimensions
4.4 x 3.7 x 1 cm (1 3/4 x 1 7/16 x 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • manufacturer's mark: verso, impressed: B
  • manufacturer's mark: verso, impressed: I & I
  • manufacturer's mark: verso, impressed: 2 & I
  • gallery label: verso, paper and black ink, printed: F. RATHBONE / 20 Alfred Place West, / South Kensington, / LONDON, S.W.
  • label: verso, paper and black ink, handwritten: Lord Camden / III / 94
  • inscription: verso, graphite, handwritten: 13085

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Frederick Rathbone, London, England] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY, bequest; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1207
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Pratt in right profile, with wig.

Publication History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 55, p. 27
  • Vivian J. Scheidenmantel, Josiah Wedgwood's 'Heads of Illustrious Moderns:' Catalogue of a Special Loan Exhibition, exh. cat., The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, IL, 1958), 3:17, no. 85
  • Robin Reilly and George Savage, Wedgwood: The Portrait Medallions, Barrie & Jenkins (London, England, 1973), p. 81
  • Louise Todd Ambler, Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), p. 131, no. 64, ill. p. 132

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
  • Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/17/1975 - 09/22/1975

Verification Level

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