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Portrait medallion of Edward Bourne, Wedgwood

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An image of Stoneware / Medallion. Portrait Medallion of Edward Bourne. Wedgwood Factory, Staffordshire. Hackwood, William, modeller, modeller (c. 1757-1839). Pale blue jasper plaque with applied moulded white jasper bust portrait in relief, and incised signature and inscription, height, frame, 13.5 cm, width, frame, 11.3 cm, 1779. Production Note: This is one of very few original medallions by the modeller William Hackwood. The sitter, Edward Bourne, a bricklayer at Wedgwood's factory at Etruria, was known as ‘Old Bourne’. Neoclassical.

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Stoneware / Medallion. Portrait Medallion of Edward Bourne. Wedgwood Factory, Staffordshire. Hackwood, William, modeller, modeller (c. 1757-1839). Pale blue jasper plaque with applied moulded white jasper bust portrait in relief, and incised signature and inscription, height, frame, 13.5 cm, width, frame, 11.3 cm, 1779. Production Note: This is one of very few original medallions by the modeller William Hackwood. The sitter, Edward Bourne, a bricklayer at Wedgwood's factory at Etruria, was known as ‘Old Bourne’. Neoclassical.

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  • Accession Number: C.165-2010
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 856 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 407.94kB

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18th Century blue and white brick bricklayer British School English Fitz_AA Georgian jasper Josiah Wedgwood male medallion moulded neo-classical Neoclassical plaque portraits profile relief stoneware Wedgwood Factory William Hackwood

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