Harvard Art Museums > 1943.1178: Pegasus Cared for by Nymphs Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Pegasus Cared for by Nymphs (Wedgwood)(Modelled by John Flaxman) , 1943.1178,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 20, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/229550. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.1178 People Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 ) Modelled by John Flaxman, British (York, England 1755 - 1826 London, England) Title Pegasus Cared for by Nymphs Other Titles Alternate Title: Nymphs Attending Pegasus Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture, relief Date c. 1790 Places Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/229550 Physical Descriptions Medium White jasperware body with green and lavender glaze Technique Jasperware Dimensions sight: 6.5 × 10.1 × 1.3 cm (2 9/16 × 4 × 1/2 in.) frame: 17.5 × 21.4 cm (6 7/8 × 8 7/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks manufacturer's mark: reverse, incised: WEDGWOOD / o gallery label: reverse, paper, black ink, printed and handwritten: [printed:] F. RATHBONE, / South Kensington, / LONDON, S.W. / [handwritten:] Old Wedgwood / [2 lines, illeg.] label: reverse, paper, black ink, handwritten: The Muses / watering Pegasus / John Flaxman R.A. / Dr. J. L. Propert's and / Arthur Sanderson / Coll'n Provenance Recorded Ownership History Dr. J. Lumsden Propert, London, England, sold; to [Frederick Rathbone, London, England, 1902], sold; to Arthur Sanderson, Edinbugh, Scotland, sold; to [Frederick Rathbone, London, England], sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY, 1910, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.1178 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Green ground behind white figures, lavender border. Bump in ground at left, inclusion in ceramic? Publication History Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 25, p. 17; repr. p. 53 Jean Gorely, "Pedigreed Wedgwood", The Magazine Antiques (January 1945), pp. 29-31, p. 30, repr. Dorothy W. Gillerman, ed., Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1969), p. 210, 211, no. 135 Exhibition History Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944 Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/23/1969 - 03/31/1969 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
