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Portrait Medallion of Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Factory:
Wedgwood & Bentley
Modeller:
Hackwood, William
(Probable)
Jasper, pale blue with darker blue wash on the upper surface, and white relief. Oval, with head of Benjamin Franklin in profile to left, and 'FRANKLIN' impressed below the truncation. There are two circular holes in the back.
History note: Unknown before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Height: 5.4 cm
Width: 4.5 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
1775
-
1780
Probably modelled by William Hackwood, c. 1775. Made before the death of Thomas Bentley in 1780
Relief
Accession number: MAR.C.20-1912
Primary reference Number: 11399
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: M.2-1902
Accession Number: C.8F-1975
Accession Number: C.8G-1975
Accession Number: C.8A-1975
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