1943.1380: Archibald Campbell Fraser (1736-1815)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.1380

People

James Tassie, British, English (Pollokshaws, Scotland 1735 - 1799 London, England)

Title

Archibald Campbell Fraser (1736-1815)

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

relief, sculpture

Date

1795

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/230001

Physical Descriptions

Medium

White glass paste on transparent background backed by brown fabric

Dimensions

sight: 9 x 6.2 x 2.4 cm (3 9/16 x 2 7/16 x 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: impressed in exergue: Tassie F. 1795
• inscription: in exergue, impressed: GILL MAC-SHIMI, XXXVIII
• inscription: back of frame, black ink: Gill Mac-Shimi, XXXVIII
• inscription: backing, graphite, handwritten: Hon. A. C. Fraser

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Frederick Rathbone, London], sold; to Grenville L. 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

1943.1380

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Fraser in right profile, wearing military uniform.

Publication History

• Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 104, p. 41

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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