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Portrait Medallion of George I (1660-1727)
Factory:
Wedgwood
Modeler:
Gosset, Isaac
(After)
Jasper, white with dark blue wash on both sides, and white relief. Oval with bust portrait of the king in profile to left, wearing a laurel wreath in his hair which is long and curly, and falls over the left shoulder. There are two large circular holes in the reverse behind the relief.
History note: Unknown before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 10.0 cm
Width: 7.7 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 (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
Late 18th century
George III
Circa
1780
CE
-
1800
CE
Josiah Wedgwood I or Wedgwood & Byerley
Modelled after a wax by Isaac Gosset (1713-99), a Huguenot who invented a composition for modelling wax portraits.
Relief
Accession number: MAR.C.17-1912
Primary reference Number: 11358
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Portrait Medallion of George I (1660-1727)" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/11358 Accessed: 2023-04-02 05:09:18
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Accession Number: C.8E-1975
Accession Number: C.8A-1975
Accession Number: MAR.C.22-1912
Accession Number: C.8F-1975
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