Full title: [Captain James Cook, ca. 1777 / medallion portrait by Wedgwood and Bentley in gilt frame]

Author/creator: Bentley, Thomas, 1731-1780, Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795.

Date: ca. 1770.

Call Numbers: P*25

Record Identifier: 92eVZ0dY

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Formats: Pictures, Objects

Contents: Objects - 8.2 x 6.3 cm. (portrait, site) - 15.7 x 14.1 cm., frame (loop, 1.3 cm.) - 1 white on blue jasper ware medallion, dipped darker blue, stored in gilt mount placed inside wooden frame set within a gold painted oval shaped wooden frame with glass front. The frame is moulded and bears a decorative border. A pin and brass loop is affixed to the back of the frame to assist in hanging.

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Notes: This Wedgwood medallion, after the portrait by William Hodges, is similar to P*24 but is slightly brighter blue in colour. A similar medallion is held in the Dixson Library collection at DL Pa 95. Possibly modelled by John Flaxman Jnr. ca. 1777-1780. A crack is visible across the mid-section of the portrait. This medallion was bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell in 1907. -- Reference: The Public Library of New South Wales : annual report of the Trustees for the year ended 31st December 1908. Sydney : Public Library of New South Wales. Trustees, 1909.

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MMS ID: 110321850