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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1660.1-5
People
James Tassie, British, English (Pollokshaws, Scotland 1735 - 1799 London, England)
William Tassie, British (London, England 1777 - 1860 London, England)
Title
Group of portraits framed together
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
relief, sculpture
Date
18th century
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/54085

Physical Descriptions

Medium
wood with gold leaf
Dimensions
framed: 24.45 x 20.64 x 1.91 cm (9 5/8 x 8 1/8 x 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • (not assigned): On back: "center: Dr. Henry Quin, of Dublin, from Whom James Tassie learned secret of 'vitreous glass.' Portrait of Tassie (Raspe); 14383 from model by Mossop."

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Grenville L. Winthrop, 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
1943.1660.1-5
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Five heads in profile arranged in an oval wooden frame with gold leaf.

Publication History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 96

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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