Harvard Art Museums > 1943.1197: Nymph with Cymbals, after frescoes at Pompeii Medals and Medallions Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Nymph with Cymbals, after frescoes at Pompeii (Wedgwood) , 1943.1197,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/230233. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.1197 People Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 ) Title Nymph with Cymbals, after frescoes at Pompeii Other Titles Alternate Title: Herculaneum Nymph with Cymbals Classification Medals and Medallions Work Type medallion Date 1773-1783 Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/230233 Physical Descriptions Medium White jasperware body with dark blue (or black) glaze Technique Jasperware Dimensions 21.7 × 3 cm (8 9/16 × 1 3/16 in.) framed: 36.1 × 36.2 × 4 cm (14 3/16 × 14 1/4 × 1 9/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks manufacturer's mark: reverse, impressed: WEDGWOOD gallery label: reverse, black ink on paper, printed and handwritten: [printed:] F. RATHBONE / South Kensington, / LONDON SW; [handwritten:] Herculaneum nymph / & cymbals. Bk & w rare / one in V&A museum / 1792 Propert & Sanderson / colls. / [ ] / 49 inscription: back of frame, black ink, handwritten: No. 1 inscription: back of frame, black ink, handwritten: 1098 inscription: back of frame, graphite, handwritten: left of [oru--?] inscription: back of frame, graphite, handwritten: Up label: reverse, black ink, handwritten: WB [in monogram] 962 Provenance Recorded Ownership History William Bartlett. Dr. J. Lumsden Propert, London, England. Arthur Sanderson, Edinburgh, Scotland. [Frederick Rathbone, London, England], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, NY, 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 1943.1197 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Jean Gorely, "The Winthrop Collection", Old Wedgwood, Wellesley Press, Inc. (Wellesley, MA, 1943), no. 10, pp. 132-139, p. 134 Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 28, pp.19-20 Jean Gorely, "Pedigreed Wedgwood", The Magazine Antiques (January 1945), pp. 29-31, p. 29, repr. Jean Gorely, Wedgwood, M. Barrows and Co. (New York, 1950), p. 100, cat. no. 58, repr. Carol Macht, Classical Wedgwood Designs, M. Barrows and Co. (New York, NY, 1957), p. 76 Lloyd E. Hawes, "Herculaneum Wall Paintings", The American Wedgwoodian (December 1965), vol. II, no. 2, p. 24, fig. 9 Exhibition History A Collection of Plaques, Medallions, Vases, Figures, &c..., Museum of Science and Art, Edinburgh, 01/01/1901 - 12/31/1901 Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944 Eighteenth Century European Ceramics, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/02/2005 - 06/09/2008 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
