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501. 1763.d.3(15a)

Reference (shelfmark):
1763.d.3(15a)
Title:
Bacchanalian boys. Cox Collection. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of 'Oval bas-relief. Blue jasper, white relief. Length, 5 inches; height, 3¾...It is one of four 'Groups of Boys' modelled for Wedgwood by Mrs Landre in January, 1769. The price paid for the four models was £1 1s. These groups were at first modelled in an ordinary ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

502. 1763.d.3(15b)

Reference (shelfmark):
1763.d.3(15b)
Title:
Faun and Cupid. Haworth Collection. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of 'Upright oval bas-relief. Blue jasper, white relief. Height, 7½ inches; width, 6 inches...From the antique. As an early work it is very good.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

503. 1763.d.3(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
1763.d.3(16)
Title:
Frame of cameos. Cox Collection. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of 'Twenty-two cameos of high quality. Blue and white jasper. The subjects are chiefly taken from Tassie's pastes...'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

504. 1763.d.3(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
1763.d.3(17)
Title:
Portrait medallions. Falcke Collection. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of 'Eight medallion portraits. White. Modelling clay. Original models for moulding from, each one signed 'by Flaxman,' with the modelling tool, and three of them marked 'Wedgwood.' The portraits are: top line from left to right — Mr Meerman, King of Sweden, Mrs Mee...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

505. 1763.d.3(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
1763.d.3(18)
Title:
Portrait medallions. Falcke Collection. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of 'Seven portraits, modern. Blue and white jasper. Lord Bacon, Lord Chief Justice Mansfield, Sir William Herschel, Captain Cook, Lord Chief Justice Camden, and Sir Joseph Banks. Of high quality.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

506. 1763.d.3(19)

Reference (shelfmark):
1763.d.3(19)
Title:
Bust of Mercury. Falcke Collection. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of 'Bust, Black basaltes. Height, 20 inches...From a model by Flaxman...The bust from which this autotype is taken is an early example of the perfection of art when Wedgwood and Flaxman worked together. This bust remains a great favourite, and good copies are eager...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

507. 1763.d.3(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
1763.d.3(20)
Title:
Bust of Ben Jonson. Falcke Collection. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of 'Bust. Black basaltes. Height, 17⅜ inches...The preparation and finish of these fine pieces were effected by one of Wedgwood's best workmen, a man named Keeling, whose speciality was works of this character. The autotype in its lights and shadows does scarcely j...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

508. 1763.d.3(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
1763.d.3(21)
Title:
Bust of Duke of Marlborough. Falcke Collection. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of 'Bust. Black basaltes. 9½ inches high. Marked 'Wedgwood.' This must have appeared in 1787, as it is not mentioned in the fifth edition of the Catalogue, or in any lists or invoices within the limits of Wedgwood's life. It is evidently copied from an original in ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

509. 1763.d.3(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
1763.d.3(22)
Title:
Statue of Voltaire. Haworth Collection. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of 'Statue. Black, basaltes. Height, 12 inches. This pairs with the statue of Rousseau; both of which are now somewhat rare. Great interest attaches to these statues, not only because they represent two most illustrious men, but also from the fact that Wedgwood use...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

510. 1763.d.3(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
1763.d.3(23)
Title:
Statue of Rousseau. Bragg Collection. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of 'Statue. Black, basaltes. Height, 12 inches. This charming figure was modelled in the autumn of 1779, from a whole-length drawing of Rousseau lent to Wedgwood by Sir Joshua Reynolds...Rousseau is taken as he used to appear while botanizing in the gardens of Ermo...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

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