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21. 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:
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Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 1763.d.3(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
1763.d.3(24)
Title:
Homeric vase. Falcke Collection. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of 'Vase and pedestal. Black basaltes. Height of vase, 27⅛ inches. Height of pedestal, 9½ inches. Together, 36⅝ inches. This splendid example is of the class known as 'Homeric vases' from Flaxman's bas-relief of the 'Apotheosis of Homer' which decorates them. They...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

27. 1763.d.3(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
1763.d.3(25)
Title:
Vase. Haworth Collection. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of 'Vase. Black, basaltes. Height, 14 inches...This is a good specimen of one of the early vases in basaltes. The scale or frill ornament is borrowed from the antique; a version of which is found on the Romano-British vases; notably on those dug up in York...The fo...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

28. 1763.d.3(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
1763.d.3(26)
Title:
Rhyton. Falcke Collection. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of 'Rhyton, or rather Lêkythos, a vessel for liquid in the form of a female head. Black, basaltes. Height, 11½ inches. This example was probably copies or adapted from illustrations in Sir William Hamilton's great work on vases, or from drawings in Sir Hans Sloane'...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

29. 1763.d.3(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
1763.d.3(27)
Title:
Candelabra. Cox and Falcke Collections. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of 'Candelabra with cornucopiae. Blue and white jasper. Height, 12½ inches. Candelabrum with sphynx; one of a pair. Blue and white jasper. Height, 13 inches. These are exquisite examples of Wedgwood's labours in the direction of beautifying articles for holding or ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

30. 1763.d.3(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
1763.d.3(28)
Title:
Tripod. Property of Mr Rathbone. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of 'Egptian tripod. Rosso antico, or red ware; black relief. Height, 18 inches. Diameter at top of bowl, 12 inches. The only known example of this size. It is made of the same clay — that from the picturesque locality of Bradwerll Wood, lying high above Burslem — a...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1879
Extent:
1 item

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