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Medallion of Hercules and the Nemean Lion
Wedgwood, Josiah
(Factory)
Flaxman, John
(Modeller)
Jasper, white with dark blue wash on both sides and white relief. Almond-shaped with lapidary polished edge. Hercules facing to left, strangling the Nemean lion.
History note: Unknown before testator
L.C.D. Clarke Bequest, 1960
Length: 3.4 cm
Width: 1.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1960)
by
Clarke, Louis Colville Gray
George III
Late 18th century
Circa
1780
CE
-
1795
CE
The medallion of Hercules strangling the Nemean Lion was derived from a model supplied by Flaxman in 1775, and appears in the 1777 Wedgwood & Bentley Catalogue . . . as no. 103, a large 8 x 6 in oval medallion.
Relief
Accession number: C.115-1961
Primary reference Number: 11460
Stable URI
Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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Accession Number: M.47-1997
Accession Number: M.19-1951
Accession Number: P.8855-R-10
Accession Number: M.1-1816
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