1943.1211: Eleanor, Lady Auckland (1758-1818)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.1211

People

Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 )
Designed by Eley George Mountstephen, Irish (County Meath, Ireland)

Title

Eleanor, Lady Auckland (1758-1818)

Classification

Medals and Medallions

Work Type

medallion

Date

1790

Places

Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/229681

Physical Descriptions

Medium

White jasperware body with deep blue glaze front and back, white relief figure

Technique

Jasperware

Dimensions

11.1 x 8.5 x 1.5 cm (4 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 9/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• manufacturer's mark: verso, impressed: WEDGWOOD
• gallery label: verso, paper and black ink, printed and handwritten: [printed:] F. RATHBONE / South Kensington, / LONDON, S.W.; [handwritten:] Marchioness of / Rockingham. / Old Wedgwood / 1785
• label: verso, paper, black ink, handwritten: 5
• label: verso, white, graphite text: Wedg. / Col. / 50

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Frederick Rathbone, London, England], sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, 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

1943.1211

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Lady Auckland in profile left with curly hair and draped gown. Two firing holes in verso.

Publication History

• Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 54, p. 26
• Jean Gorely, "Pedigreed Wedgwood", The Magazine Antiques (January 1945), pp. 29-31, p. 31
• Dorothy W. Gillerman, ed., Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1969), pp. 212-213, no. 136b, repr. p. 213
• Louise Todd Ambler, Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), p. 129, no. 60, ill. p. 130

Exhibition History

• Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944
• Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/17/1975 - 09/22/1975

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