These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.
Download this imageCreative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.
Animal Figure. Grecian Sphinx. Wedgwood, factory, England, Staffordshire. Adam, Robert, designer, after (British, 1728-1792). The sphinx crouches on a rectangular pedestal, with its forepaws extended at the front, and its tail curled over its hind quarters. It wears a semi-circular headdress, a bodice, and a saddle blanket, which falls down onto the base. Underneath there is a large circular hole surrounded by four small holes, with a medium-sized hole to the right. Black basalt, moulded, height, whole, 23 cm, length, whole, 31.8 cm, after 1780 probably 19th century. Neoclassical. Notes: The Grecian sphinxes are related to a design of 1763 by Robert Adam for Osterley Park. With the exception of their headdresses, they are also similar to four lead sphinxes, designed by Adam for Syon House, but eventually placed at the ends of the garden bridge at Compton Verney, Warwickshire. There is also a pair at Angelsey Abbey, Cambridgeshire.
rgb(64,63,62), rgb(228,227,227), rgb(109,105,102), rgb(130,130,127), rgb(120,116,107), rgb(164,161,160), rgb(100,108,103), rgb(180,180,179), rgb(100,100,108), rgb(171,172,163), rgb(196,188,192)
This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024)
"Wedgwood basalt Grecian Sphinx, after Robert Adam"
Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/image/media-206937 Accessed: 2024-11-04 07:17:28
To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:
{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/image/media-206937
|title=Wedgwood basalt Grecian Sphinx, after Robert Adam
|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-04 07:17:28|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:
https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/images/media-206935
To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:
<div class="text-center"> <figure class="figure"> <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/MAR_C_8_1912_1_201708_sjc288_dc2.jpg" alt="Grecian Sphinx" class="img-fluid" /> <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Wedgwood basalt Grecian Sphinx, after Robert Adam</figcaption> </figure> </div>
Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...