1943.1377: George III (1738-1820)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.1377

People

William Hackwood, British (1757 - 1839)
Previously attributed to James Tassie, British, English (Pollokshaws, Scotland 1735 - 1799 London, England)

Title

George III (1738-1820)

Classification

Medals and Medallions

Work Type

medallion

Date

c. 1776

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/230000

Physical Descriptions

Medium

White glass paste body and relief

Dimensions

sight: 8.8 x 6.6 x 2.1 cm (3 7/16 x 2 5/8 x 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: in exergue, in relief: W.H:
• inscription: lower edge, impressed: GEO III
• gallery label: verso, paper, black ink, printed: F. RATHBONE, / 20 Alfred Place West / S. Kensington / LONDON, S. W.
• label: back of frame, paper, black ink, handwritten: 29

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

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

1943.1377

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

King George III in right profile.

Publication History

• Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 111, p. 42

Exhibition History

• Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944

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