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Joseph Banks / medallion portrait by Wedgwood

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    Joseph Banks / medallion portrait by Wedgwood

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    P*55 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 3, Shelf 55

    Record identifier

    9gkd3vJ9

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    https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9gkd3vJ9

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    Joseph Banks / medallion portrait by Wedgwood

    Full title

    Joseph Banks / medallion portrait by Wedgwood

    Author / Creator

    Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795

    Call Numbers

    P*55 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 3, Shelf 55

    Record Identifier

    9gkd3vJ9

    Formats

    Pictures and Objects

    — Physical Description

    Contents

    Objects - 15.7 x 12.5 x 4.4 cm. (frame) - 1 white on blue jasper ware medallion, convex cushion moulded, housed in deeply set oval shaped wooden frame with glass front and eyelet and ring on back for hanging

    — Other Descriptions

    Level of description

    Fonds

    Access and use

    Physical Access Conditions

    Access to this pictures collection via appointment only. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian

    Subjects

    Subjects and topics

    interiors botanists medallions naturalists portraits Adult Males Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820

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    — SCOPE AND CONTENTS

    Contents

    The portrait depicts in relief the right profile of Sir Joseph Banks as a young man.

    — ALTERNATIVE TITLES

    Full title

    Joseph Banks / medallion portrait by Wedgwood

    — AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS

    Author / Creator

    — NOTES

    General note

    Undated.
    Based on a portrait of Sir Joseph Banks that was modelled by John Flaxman Jnr. between 1775-1779, it is difficult to assign a specific date to the medallion as several issues were made over a period of time.
    On a paper label on reverse of frame, "Gallery" in pencil, "(From A.Lee Coll.) Purchased 1955" in ink.
    The medallion is s...

    — CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION

    Source

    Purchased in 1955. From the Alfred Lee collection.

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    Identifiers

    — PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS

    Call Numbers

    P*55 , Status: On display - The Collectors’ Gallery, Case 3, Shelf 55

    Record Identifier

    9gkd3vJ9

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    https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9gkd3vJ9

    — OTHER IDENTIFIERS

    Reference code

    442114

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