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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1193
People
Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 )
Title
Benjamin West (1738-1820)
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medallion
Date
1788
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230223

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Pale blue jasperware body with blue glaze on front; profile bust in white relief
Technique
Jasperware
Dimensions
10.7 x 8.5 x 1.6 cm (4 3/16 x 3 3/8 x 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower edge, impressed: WEST
  • manufacturer's mark: verso, impressed: WEDGWOOD
  • gallery label: verso, paper and black ink, printed and handwritten: [printed:] F. RATHBONE / South Kensington, / LONDON, S.W.; [handwritten:] Benj'n West / P. R. A. / Old Wedgwood / 1787.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Frederick Rathbone, London, England], sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY 1912, 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
1943.1193
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
West in left profile. Judith Neiswander suggests the relief and background were probably molded in one piece. See curatorial file.

Publication History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 51, p. 26
  • Robin Reilly and George Savage, Wedgwood: The Portrait Medallions, Barrie & Jenkins (London, England, 1973), p. 337, repr.
  • Louise Todd Ambler, Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), no. 70
  • Richard Walker, Regency Portraits: Volume I: Text, National Portrait Gallery (London, 1985), p. 545

Exhibition History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944
  • Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/17/1975 - 09/22/1975

Verification Level

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