[Captain James Cook, ca. 1777 / medallion portrait by Wedgwood and Bentley in gilt frame]
[Captain James Cook, ca. 1777 / medallion portrait by Wedgwood and Bentley in gilt frame]
[Captain James Cook, ca. 1777 / medallion portrait by Wedgwood and Bentley in gilt frame]
About this item
Full title
Date
ca. 1770
Call Numbers
P*25 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 3, Shelf 55
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Physical Description
Contents
Objects - 8.2 x 6.3 cm. (portrait, site) - 15.7 x 14.1 cm., frame (loop, 1.3 cm.) - 1 white on blue jasper ware medallion, dipped darker blue, stored in gilt mount placed inside wooden frame set within a gold painted oval shaped wooden frame with glass front. The frame is moulded and bears a decorat...
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Fonds
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Digitised
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
This portrait is a three-quarter profile of James Cook in relief.
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Captain James Cook, ca. 1777 / medallion portrait by Wedgwood and Bentley in gilt frame]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
This Wedgwood medallion, after the portrait by William Hodges, is similar to P*24 but is slightly brighter blue in colour. A similar medallion is held in the Dixson Library collection at DL Pa 95.
Possibly modelled by John Flaxman Jnr. ca. 1777-1780.
A crack is visible across the mid-section of the portrait.
This medallion was bequeathed b...
Signature / Inscriptions
"Capt. Cook" stamped at truncation of bust.
"Wedgwood / & Bentley" impressed on reverse of plaque.
"7424" carved into reverse of medallion.
On an rectangular paper label on back of frame, "Capt Cook. / 1728-1779"
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1907.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
P*25 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 3, Shelf 55
Record Identifier
92eVZ0dY
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Other Identifiers
Reference code
431182
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