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Portrait Medallion of William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Wedgwood & Bentley
(Factory)
Hackwood, William
(Modeler)
Black basalt. Oval with raised moulded edge, and bust portrait of William Shakespeare in profile to left, the name 'SHAKESPEARE' impressed into the ground below the truncation. On the reverse is a vertical, approximately oval depression behind the bust, and at the top, a curved slot.
History note: Unknown before testator
A. V. Valentine-Richards Bequest
Height: 11.6 cm
Width: 9.4 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
(1933)
by
Valentine-Richards, A. V., The Rev
Late 18th century
George III
Circa
1777
-
1780
The medallion was mentioned with one of Garrick in two letters from Josiah Wedgwood to Thomas Bentley on 26 November 1777 (Wedgwood MS E.25-18797) and on 22 December 1777 (E.25-18805). It was modelled by William Hackwood after a print. A Shakespeare produced in black basalt or blue and white jasper, with or without a frame of the same material, is mentioned in A Catalogue of Cameos, Intaglios, Medals, Busts, Small Statues, and Bas-Reliefs . . . . made by Wedgwood and Bentley . . ., 5th edn, London, 1779, p. 44, under Class X, Section I, English Poets, '6 Shakespeare, several Models'.
Accession number: C.117-1933
Primary reference Number: 11178
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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Accession Number: CM.65-1973
Accession Number: P.13751-R
Accession Number: C.8F-1975
Accession Number: C.8G-1975
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