15929993350001312637261000Standard Recordobject-11331170206273746516563430070001702062268409fitz-onlineadlib-object-11331https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11331c9d9dee4-a9e4-35f7-90dc-a668b82d18555personreferenceagent-192537adlib-agent-192537d5687729-51f9-3b8b-a80c-fcaefd5b4dfeDarwin, Erasmusreferenceterm-42825adlib-term-42825858e5d17-b554-33d6-936f-25b16f72f39dstonewarereferenceterm-107483adlib-term-10748342cd0dfd-3d96-36f1-910d-7d1da88f245djasper wareReliefJasper, solid pale blue with white reliefreferenceterm-107527adlib-term-10752776bf1c50-ccdc-3e01-9a0e-f95f104e5a6amoulded and appliedreferenceterm-98112adlib-term-9811232d115a4-d3ac-33b0-b126-2a3da0fdf139portraitApplied ArtsJasper, solid pale blue with white relief. Oval, with curved edge, and half-length figure of Dr Erasmus Darwin facing front, head slightly to his left, arms resting on a semi-circular table. On the reverse there is a randomly-placed cluster of twenty-three circular holes.
The relief is modelled after the painting in oils by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1770referenceexhibition-1988adlib-exhibition-1988ab970555-97b2-36fd-afa0-e74c1089ee29From Reason to Revolution, Art and Society in Eighteenth-Century BritainC.1-19091accession numberC.1-190911331priref11331urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11331https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11331impressedWEDGWOODmarkimpressedE.DARWINon the reverseblack ink149referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Max Rosenheim, FSAreferenceagent-152739adlib-agent-152739285dc4d6-0ba9-39e4-b572-dcd5ae803bceRosenheim FSA, Max190919091909-06-24givenSee a letter dated 21 June 1909 from Max Rosenheim to Sydney Cockerell, in object's file.18501850CE1850circa1850190011900CE19001900factoryreferenceagent-143576adlib-agent-143576535626bd-0b17-316b-bbbf-3551cefd8265Wedgwoodattributed tomodelerreferenceagent-57908adlib-agent-5790858ac8cfa-6bbe-3661-a3bb-8cf7ed4c0297Hackwood, Williamafterpainterreferenceagent-147545adlib-agent-1475455e6f0704-813a-3b1d-999f-9cc06c46c2c8Wright, Joseph (Wright of Derby)Model: attributed to William Hackwood, 1780.The source for the model was one of three versions of the portrait of Darwin aged 38, in oils by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1779. The medallion was mentioned in the Oven Book on 19th and 26th February, 1780. The curved edges indicate that this example is of nineteenth century manufacture, probably after the reintroduction of a true jasper body in 1844.referenceterm-118652adlib-term-1186525a255bf0-199c-337e-ae02-4096e18f0ccf19th Century, second half#referenceterm-113623adlib-term-11362387ef9eaf-54a8-3838-8337-94dbf03aad62literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralStaffordshireStaffordshireregionEtruriawhite on solid pale bluereferenceterm-107483adlib-term-10748342cd0dfd-3d96-36f1-910d-7d1da88f245djasper wareHeightcm14.9Widthcm12.0referencemedia-11419adlib-media-114198a798c6e-24e3-327f-b92a-b2a2537ed7e4jpegaa/aa4/C_1_1909.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57016162652577941imagejpegaa/aa4/mid_C_1_1909.jpg1heightpixels649widthpixels50016162652577941imagejpegaa/aa4/C_1_1909.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57016162652577941imagejpegaa/aa4/preview_C_1_1909.jpg1heightpixels325widthpixels25016162652577941image0media
imagereferenceterm-107487adlib-term-10748781cef159-a990-39df-9985-6284ce6a445cportrait medallionhistory noteunknown before Max Rosenheim, FSA (1849-1911)1referenceobject-11615adlib-object-116151e5db4fe-0682-36eb-9a3c-e4f103d7b8401reference1term-89480adlib-term-89480f1ea518e-351c-3f42-b2a7-db0f8559fa2cvasevasereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferencepublication-1009adlib-publication-100917865181-404c-35a7-b1a9-f18b8272d21aDoctor of Revolution, The Life and Genius of Erasmus DarwinRef. Source for the relief.71referencepublication-200000710adlib-publication-2000007102dd51c95-e0ef-3770-9bc3-fb8556d73b47Portraits of Dr Erasmus Darwin, F.R.S., by Joseph Wright, James Rawlinson and William CoffeeCf. A dark blue over white Jasper with white relief see p. 75, no. 238.p. 75referencepublication-1010adlib-publication-1010e825ca19-06d8-3343-ac55-c20742f88396Josiah Wedgwood: 'the Arts and Sciences United'referencepublication-6022adlib-publication-60221c2abfdc-fa9a-3f6d-ad9d-7ba39a6fc0b8From Reason to Revolution, Art and Society in Eighteenth-Century Britainreferenceterm-9044adlib-term-904499dcb503-1a64-3792-8a40-48eda95dd763Neoclassicalreferenceterm-107487adlib-term-10748781cef159-a990-39df-9985-6284ce6a445cportrait medallionportrait medallionPortrait Medallion of Dr Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802)object
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