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Portrait Medallion of Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723)
Factory:
Wedgwood
Le Marchand, David
(After)
Jasper, solid pale blue with white relief, inscribed in gold 'Christopher Wren'. Bust portrait in high relief in profile to right, with the inscription below the truncation. The back is incised 'Sir Ch.r Wren', and has nine small holes behind the bust. The edge of the medallion is curved and slopes outwards towards the back edge.
History note: Unknown before donor
Given by Mrs F. W. Green
Height: 11.2 cm
Width: 8.8 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: Given (1948-02-20) by Green, F. W., Mrs
Circa 1860 - 1900
This portrait was based on an ivory relief by David Le Marchand (1674-1726) of c. 1723, now in the National Portrait Gallery. It was engraved in reverse by S. Coignand for C. Wren, junior, Parentalia, 1750. See Documentation.
Relief
Accession number: C.1-1948
Primary reference Number: 11435
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 (2022) "Portrait Medallion of Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723)" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/11435 Accessed: 2022-09-27 21:09:23
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