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Medallion of Psyche, by Josiah Wedgwood

Image attached to C.112B-1961

An image of Josiah Wedgwood or Wedgwood & Byerley. Medallion of Psyche. Stoneware Jasper ware medallion. White with pale blue wash and white relief, with bevelled slate backing, diameter (whole) 4.8 cm, circa 1780-1800. Neoclassical. Staffordshire.

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Josiah Wedgwood or Wedgwood & Byerley. Medallion of Psyche. Stoneware Jasper ware medallion. White with pale blue wash and white relief, with bevelled slate backing, diameter (whole) 4.8 cm, circa 1780-1800. Neoclassical. Staffordshire.

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  • Accession Number: C.112B-1961
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 1007 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 598.10kB
  • Exposure time: 1/250
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2012:01:27 17:26:49

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18th Century British School diaphanous drapery English female Fitz_AA Georgian jasper ware jasperware Josiah Wedgwood medallion mythological mythology neo-classical Neoclassical Psyche relief Staffordshire Pottery stoneware Wedgwood and Byerley

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