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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1194
People
Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 )
Modelled by John Flaxman, British (York, England 1755 - 1826 London, England)
Title
Dr. John Fothergill (1712-1780)
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medallion
Date
1781 or after
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230231

Physical Descriptions

Medium
White jasperware medallion with green glaze and bust in white jasperware relief
Technique
Jasperware
Dimensions
9.8 x 8.1 x 1.2 cm (3 7/8 x 3 3/16 x 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower edge, impressed: FOTHERGILL
  • 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:] Dr. Fothergill / 1714-1780 / Old Wedgwood / [unique?] green
  • inscription: verso, graphite, handwritten: 1714-1780
  • inscription: verso, graphite, handwritten: 13157

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
1943.1194
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Jean Gorely, "The Winthrop Collection", Old Wedgwood, Wellesley Press, Inc. (Wellesley, MA, 1943), no. 10, pp. 132-139, p. 135
  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 47, p. 25
  • Louise Todd Ambler, Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), p. 133, no. 68, ill.

Exhibition History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944
  • Old Wedgwood, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/19/1973 - 05/27/1973
  • Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/17/1975 - 09/22/1975

Verification Level

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