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1763.d.3(3)

Record Id:

040-003227102

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003227099

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100026867937.0x000cab

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

1763.d.3(3)

Title:

Aesculapius and Hygeia. Falcke Collection. Photographer: Unknown

Scope & Content:

Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of

'Bas-relief or tablet. Mazarine blue jasper, white relief. Height, 8¼ inches, width, 6⅞ inches. Marked 'Wedgwood.' This exquisite piece is taken from a bas-relief in the Museo Capitolino, Rome...Every detail bears careful examination; and the whole bas-relief wears more the appearance of an antique gem than a piece fashioned out of clay. Till bas-reliefs such as these are seen, no one can realize the perfection to which Wedgwood attained in his latest and highest works. The piece shows signs of fracture carefully repaired. When, some twenty-five years ago, the present owner met with it, it was lying in fragments on a cinder heap, at the rear of a dealer's shop in Hanway Street, Oxford Street. He gave three and sixpence for the fragments, and the result, when these were put together, is what you see — a piece of the highest perfection and beauty.'

Collection Area:

Printed Collections

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003227099
040-003227102

Is part of:

1763.d.3 : Choice examples of Wedgwood art. A selection of plaques, cameos, medallions, vases, etc., from the designs of Flaxman and others.…

1763.d.3(3) : Aesculapius and Hygeia. Falcke Collection. Photographer: Unknown

Hierarchy:

032-003227099[0003]/040-003227102

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Techniques:

Carbon Print
Photograph
Photographic Print

Start Date:

1878

End Date:

1879

Date Range:

c 1879

Era:

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User Conditions:

Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 216 mm x 191 mm

Format: Printed Book

Secondary Support: Card

Material Type:

Photographs

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Subjects:

Art
Bas-Reliefs
Ceramics
Pottery
Sculpture