1927.214: Sir Benjamin Thompson, later Count Rumford (1753-1814)
Medals and Medallions
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1927.214
- People
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James Tassie, British, English (Pollokshaws, Scotland 1735 - 1799 London, England)
- Title
- Sir Benjamin Thompson, later Count Rumford (1753-1814)
- Classification
- Medals and Medallions
- Work Type
- medallion
- Date
- 1796
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/231458
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Glass
- Technique
- Relief
- Dimensions
- 9.3 x 6.2 cm (3 11/16 x 2 7/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: impressed in exergue: Tassie F.
- inscription: exergue, impressed: COUNT RUMFORD / 1796
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Miss Elizabeth Bartol, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1927.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Estate of Miss Elizabeth Bartol
- Accession Year
- 1927
- Object Number
- 1927.214
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
-
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Descriptions
- Description
- Thompson in profile left., white relief on blue ground.
Publication History
- Padhraig Higgins, "The chimney doctor at Channel Row: Benjamin Thompson's experiments in poor relief in the 1790s", Speculative Minds in Georgian Ireland: Novelty, Experiment and Widening Horizons, Four Courts Press (Dublin, 2023), pp. 182-203, p. 183, repr. as fig. 8.1
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