1943.1420: George II (1683-1760)
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.1420
- People
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? Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 )
After Michael Rysbrack, British (1694 - 1770)
- Title
- George II (1683-1760)
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, bust
- Date
- 18th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/229998
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Black basalt
- Technique
- Basaltes ware
- Dimensions
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14 x 12 x 6.4 cm (5 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
with base: 24.5 x 12 x 6.4 cm (9 5/8 x 4 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
-
- label: on bottom, paper, black ink, printed: [on round label with serrated edge:] 12696 / f·if·H / it·x·x
- inscription: inside base, graphite, handwritten: 12696
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [Frederick Rathbone, London], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1910, 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
- 1943.1420
- 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. 76, p. 31; repr.
- Jean Gorely, "Pedigreed Wedgwood", The Magazine Antiques (January 1945), pp. 29-31, p. 31; repr. on cover
Exhibition History
- Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944
Verification Level
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