Joseph Banks / medallion portrait by Wedgwood
Joseph Banks / medallion portrait by Wedgwood
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P*55 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 3, Shelf 55
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Physical Description
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Objects - 15.7 x 12.5 x 4.4 cm. (frame) - 1 white on blue jasper ware medallion, convex cushion moulded, housed in deeply set oval shaped wooden frame with glass front and eyelet and ring on back for hanging
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The portrait depicts in relief the right profile of Sir Joseph Banks as a young man.
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Full title
Joseph Banks / medallion portrait by Wedgwood
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Notes
General note
Undated.
Based on a portrait of Sir Joseph Banks that was modelled by John Flaxman Jnr. between 1775-1779, it is difficult to assign a specific date to the medallion as several issues were made over a period of time.
On a paper label on reverse of frame, "Gallery" in pencil, "(From A.Lee Coll.) Purchased 1955" in ink.
The medallion is s...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
P*55 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 3, Shelf 55
Record Identifier
9gkd3vJ9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9gkd3vJ9
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442114
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