15929993350001312637261000Standard Recordobject-11319170292702899917029081130001702926927281fitz-onlineadlib-object-11319https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/113195d35cdf6-78d8-3d8f-80bc-074e46f88def6personreferenceagent-152732adlib-agent-152732ba69e91b-71e8-332e-aefe-d1525ae91eb4Pitt, William, First Earl of Chathamreferenceterm-42825adlib-term-42825858e5d17-b554-33d6-936f-25b16f72f39dstonewarereferenceterm-107483adlib-term-10748342cd0dfd-3d96-36f1-910d-7d1da88f245djasper ware?referenceterm-39778adlib-term-397788bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245silverDiametercm7.1Heightcm8.8FrameReliefJasper, (solid?) pale blue with white relief; in silver (?) frame with closed back and loop for suspension.referenceterm-107527adlib-term-10752776bf1c50-ccdc-3e01-9a0e-f95f104e5a6amoulded and appliedreferenceterm-98112adlib-term-9811232d115a4-d3ac-33b0-b126-2a3da0fdf139portraitApplied ArtsJasper, (solid?) pale blue with white relief; in silver (?) frame with closed back and loop for suspension. Oval, the bust in profile to left, with below, 'CHATHAM' impressed.C.1-18401accession numberC.1-184011319priref11319urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11319https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11319below bustimpressedCHATHAMrectangular paper stick-on labelreverse of the framefaded black inkPresented/by/Jno Page/Sub.Lib Keeper/Nov.26.1840 [date underlined]labelreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferenceagent-152733adlib-agent-1527331956d8c4-0b4e-3b34-95da-7481b66b5b12Page, John184018401840-11-26givenThis donation was not recorded in the Museum's Register beginning in 1816.177817781778circa177817801178017801780probablyfactoryreferenceagent-152686adlib-agent-1526864aadc09a-aaf8-3509-bcc4-11ba6bc8c814Wedgwood & Bentleyfactoryreferenceagent-152747adlib-agent-1527471d15ae53-9c39-3347-b432-d92e8e86a2f4Wedgwood & Byerleyattributed tomodelerreferenceagent-45771adlib-agent-45771b9e1e92c-edf1-3a4c-a4eb-f5fbaae070a3Flaxman, JohnThis medallion was first produced during the Wedgwood & Bentley period, but may be later than Bentley's death in November 1780.referenceterm-107437adlib-term-10743796f4b0d1-fc11-39ff-ae91-1b23d888d479George IIIreferenceterm-106779adlib-term-106779f0706fcd-d94c-3987-bcb5-f7f794332b6a18th Century, Latereferenceterm-113623adlib-term-11362387ef9eaf-54a8-3838-8337-94dbf03aad62literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralStaffordshireStaffordshireregionEtruriablue and whitereferenceterm-107483adlib-term-10748342cd0dfd-3d96-36f1-910d-7d1da88f245djasper warereferencemedia-11417adlib-media-11417618fbd2a-12ea-37b6-82be-562c85f044d9jpegaa/aa4/C_1_1840.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57017029267104061imagejpegaa/aa4/mid_C_1_1840.jpg1heightpixels649widthpixels50017029267104061imagejpegaa/aa4/C_1_1840.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57017029267104061imagejpegaa/aa4/preview_C_1_1840.jpg1heightpixels325widthpixels25017029267104061image0media
imagereferenceterm-107487adlib-term-10748781cef159-a990-39df-9985-6284ce6a445cportrait medallionhistory noteunknown before donor, who was Sub Library Keeperreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumRef. It is first mentioned in Class XI, Princes and Statesmen, p. 48, 36 'Lord Chatham, A.B.C.48referencepublication-999adlib-publication-999042e1668-9e3c-33c8-8518-00e132cd8e53A catalogue of cameos, intaglios, medals, busts, small statues, and bas-reliefs; with a general account of vases and other ornaments, after the antique, made by Wedgwood & Bentley, and sold at their rooms in Great Newport Street, London.Ref. p. 99, left, for the model99referencepublication-997adlib-publication-99750c25b67-1f16-3a7d-a4e9-f4bbc3d3c732Wedgwood, The Portrait MedallionsCf. No. 154, a similar medallion in an oval metal frame with suspension ring in the Haags Gemeentemuseum. The Hague.103referencepublication-200000882adlib-publication-200000882f49957b3-c09d-3751-bbaf-343a241f366eCatalogus tentoonstelling 'Wedgwood en Nederland in de 18de eeuwCf. A medallion measuring 10 x 8.3 cm, pp. 35-6, I16.pp. 35-6referencepublication-988adlib-publication-9884906b591-b7ec-3791-bc5f-13d64bed4581Wedgwood in London, 225th Anniversary Exhibition 1759-1984Cf. p. 32, lot 52, a blue and white jasper example, Wedgwood & Bentley, c. 1778.32referencepublication-8841adlib-publication-88414d49d582-d8ce-3fef-beeb-04fe7c029eedThe Robin Simpson Collection of Commemorativesreferenceterm-9044adlib-term-904499dcb503-1a64-3792-8a40-48eda95dd763Neoclassicalreferenceterm-107487adlib-term-10748781cef159-a990-39df-9985-6284ce6a445cportrait medallionportrait medallionPortrait Medallion of William Pitt, First Earl of Chatham (1708-78)object
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