Harvard Art Museums > 1943.1227: Thalia, Muse of Comedy Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Thalia, Muse of Comedy (Wedgwood) , 1943.1227,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/229979. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.1227 People Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 ) Title Thalia, Muse of Comedy Classification Sculpture Work Type relief, sculpture Date 1777 Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/229979 Physical Descriptions Medium White jasperware body with rose glazed background and figure in white relief Technique Jasperware Dimensions sight: 14.7 × 9.9 × 1.5 cm (5 13/16 × 3 7/8 × 9/16 in.) framed: 25.4 × 20.5 cm (10 × 8 1/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks manufacturer's mark: reverse, impressed: WEDGWOOD gallery label: reverse, paper, black ink, printed and handwritten: [printed:] F. RATHBONE, / South Kensington, / LONDON, S. W. / [handwritten:] rare pink plaque / Comedy / 1793 / III/45 inscription: reverse, graphite, handwritten: 13059; 13057 Provenance Recorded Ownership History Arthur Sanderson, Edinburgh, Scotland. [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 1943.1227 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description At least seven firing holes Publication History Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 29, p. 20 Dorothy W. Gillerman, ed., Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1969), pp. 210-211. no. 134 Exhibition History Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944 Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/23/1969 - 03/31/1969 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
