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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1420
People
? Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 )
After Michael Rysbrack, British (1694 - 1770)
Title
George II (1683-1760)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
bust, sculpture
Date
18th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229998

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black basalt
Technique
Basaltes ware
Dimensions
14 x 12 x 6.4 cm (5 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
with base: 24.5 x 12 x 6.4 cm (9 5/8 x 4 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: on bottom, paper, black ink, printed: [on round label with serrated edge:] 12696 / f·if·H / it·x·x
  • inscription: inside base, graphite, handwritten: 12696

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Frederick Rathbone, London], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 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
1943.1420
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 76, p. 31; repr.
  • Jean Gorely, "Pedigreed Wedgwood", The Magazine Antiques (January 1945), pp. 29-31, p. 31; repr. on cover

Exhibition History

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

Verification Level

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