[Johann Reinhold Forster, ca. 1775 / portrait medallion by Wedgwood and Bentley]
[Johann Reinhold Forster, ca. 1775 / portrait medallion by Wedgwood and Bentley]
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Date
ca. 1775
Call Numbers
P*60 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 3, Shelf 55
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Physical Description
Contents
Objects - 7.9 x 6.6 cm. (image, sight) ; 12.3 x 10.5 cm. (frame) - 1 white on blue jasper ware medallion, housed in wooden frame with inner gilt border
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Head and shoulders profile of man with hair loosely tied with a ribbon, facing to the right, with leaf and flowers [Forstera Sedifolia] above chest.
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Johann Reinhold Forster, ca. 1775 / portrait medallion by Wedgwood and Bentley]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Affixed to mount on reverse of fame, "Old Wedgwood. / XVIIIth Century Art. / F. Rathbone [printed] / .fred Place West, / South Kensington. [handwritten]"
On a paper label on reverse of plaque, "H / 226" refers to the number assigned by the Australian Museum.
A similar white on blue jasper ware medallion portrait of Johann Reinhold Forster, wi...
Signature / Inscriptions
Initialled at truncation of bust, "I.S."
"Wedgwood / & Bentley" impressed on reverse.
Dated, titled, and attributed from inscription around the outside of the frame (in an, unknown hand): "Johan Reinhold Forster, L.L.D. Naturalist and traveller, born at Dirschaw, Polish Prussia 1729. Professor of Natural History at Warrington Academy 1779. Ac...
Contextual Information
Source
Transferred from the Australian Museum, Oct. 1955
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
P*60 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 3, Shelf 55
Record Identifier
nZNvMjmn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nZNvMjmn
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Reference code
442212
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