• Title
  Captain James Cook, ca. 1777 / portrait medallion by Wedgwood and Bentley, after the portrait by William Hodges
• Call number
  P*24
  Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 3, Shelf 47
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1777
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Objects
• Reference code
  431176
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 portrait medallion - 7.7 x 6 cm (portrait, site), 15.3 x 13.2 cm, frame (loop, 1.3 cm) - White on blue jasper ware medallion in gilt mount within oval dark brown wooden frame with glass front. The frame is carved with several ridges around the outside. A pin and a metal loop is affixed to the top of the frame to assist in hanging
  
• Scope and Content
  The portrait is a three-quarter profile of James Cook in relief.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  This Wedgwood medallion of Cook is significant for its mastery of the difficult three-quarter view. This version, after the portrait by William Hodges, is one of several portrait medallions of Cook issued by Wedgwood.
  
  The medallion is similar to another held in the Mitchell Library (P*25) and in the Dixson Library (DL Pa 95).
  Digital order no:a5143001
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  ""Capt. Cook"" stamped at truncation of bust.
  ""Wedgwood / & Bentley"" impressed on reverse of plaque.
  ""Old / 212"" carved into reverse of medallion.
  ""From Rathbone's / Collection"" handwritten in ink on back of frame.
  On an oval shaped paper label on back of frame, ""Captn. Cook. / (1728-1779) / Old Wedgwood portrait / Inscribed ""Old 212"" / Wedgwood & Bentley / 1770 period""
• Attributions / conjectures
  
  Attributed to Wedgwood modeller John Flaxman Jnr.
  
  Reference:
  Wedgwood portrait medallions : an introduction / Robin Reilly. London : Barrie and Jenkins, [1973]
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Bentley, Thomas, 1731-1780
  Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795
  Flaxman, John, 1755-1826
  
• Subject
  Cook, James, 1728-1779.
  Wedgwood ware
  Jasperware
  Portrait medallions--England
  Explorers--Great Britain--Portraits
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  medallions
  naval officers
  portraits
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Pieces of Wedgwood

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