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Portrait Medallion of William Pitt (1759-1806)
Factory:
Wedgwood
Modeler:
Flaxman, John
(Probable)
Black basalt. Oval with bust portrait facing front, head turned slightly to the sitter's right. Two circular holes behind the head and chest.
History note: Unknown before testator
S.G. Perceval Bequest, 1922
Height: 9.9 cm
Width: 7.9 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
End of 18th or early 19th century
George III
Circa
1795
-
1820
The medallion is probably from a model by John Flaxman (1755-1826) of 1787, mentioned in the Wedgwood Catalogue of 1787, but the portrait has also been attributed to Lochee and Tassie. It was also issued in blue and white jasper ware
Wedgwood & Byerley or Josiah Wedgwood II
Accession number: PER.C.2-1922
Primary reference Number: 11174
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Portrait Medallion of William Pitt (1759-1806)" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/11174 Accessed: 2023-03-27 12:07:06
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Accession Number: M.1-1822
Accession Number: C.1-1840
Accession Number: M.1-1854
Accession Number: C.8F-1975
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