1943.1103: Portrait of a Man

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.1103

People

James Tassie, British, English (Pollokshaws, Scotland 1735 - 1799 London, England)

Title

Portrait of a Man

Classification

Medals and Medallions

Work Type

medallion

Date

c. 1798

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/229871

Physical Descriptions

Medium

White glass paste

Dimensions

11.6 x 9.6 x 1.7 cm (4 9/16 x 3 3/4 x 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: impressed in truncation: T
• gallery label: verso, paper, ink, printed and handwritten: [printed in blue:] F. RATHBONE, / South Kensington, / LONDON, S. W. / [handwritten in black:] Unknown male / portrait by J. Tassie / about 1798 / own cabinet

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

James Tassie. [1] [Frederick Rathbone, London], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1911, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Notes
[1] Per Rathbone

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1103

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Classically draped male with wavy hair in right profile.

Publication History

• Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 112, p. 42

Exhibition History

• Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944

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