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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1377
People
William Hackwood, British (1757 - 1839)
Previously attributed to James Tassie, British, English (Pollokshaws, Scotland 1735 - 1799 London, England)
Title
George III (1738-1820)
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medallion
Date
c. 1776
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230000

Physical Descriptions

Medium
White glass paste body and relief
Dimensions
sight: 8.8 x 6.6 x 2.1 cm (3 7/16 x 2 5/8 x 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in exergue, in relief: W.H:
  • inscription: lower edge, impressed: GEO III
  • gallery label: verso, paper, black ink, printed: F. RATHBONE, / 20 Alfred Place West / S. Kensington / LONDON, S. W.
  • label: back of frame, paper, black ink, handwritten: 29

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Frederick Rathbone, London], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1911, 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
1943.1377
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
King George III in right profile.

Publication History

  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 111, p. 42

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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