• Title
  [Captain Cook - ceramic Wedgwood medallion / attributed to John Flaxman]
• Creator
  John Flaxman, 1755-1826
• Call number
  DL Pa 96
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1784-1837
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Objects
• Reference code
  431208
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Objects - 11.6 x 9.1 cm. (portrait, site) - 14.1 x 11.2 cm., frame (loop height, 1.8 cm., 19.3 x 16.5 cm. mount) - 1 white on green dip jasper ware encased in oval shaped wooden frame mounted on wooden frame covered in brown velvet. The back of the frame is covered in brown paper. At the top centre of the frame is a metal pin and loop to suspend or hang frame.
  
• Scope and Content
  James Cook's right profile is shown.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Title incised on back where ""Wedgwood"" has been impressed.
  Based on a medallion or wax portrait of Cook modelled by John Flaxman in 1784, after a medal designed by Lewis Pingo in 1784 or earlier, it resembles Nathaniel Dance-Holland (1735-1811) painting, held at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England.
  The date of Flaxman's model is confirmed by E. Meteyard who states that he modelled Captain Cook in 1784. -- Reference: Wedgwood and his works : A selection of his plaques, cameos, medallions, vases, etc. From the designs of Flaxman and others .... E. Meteyard. London : Bell and Daldy, York Street, Covent Garden, 1873
  Llewellynn Jewitt quotes Flaxman's account to Wedgwood, dated 24 Jan. 1784, for a model in wax of Captain Cook. -- Reference: Jewitt's ceramic art of Great Britain, 1800-1900; [revised] by Geoffrey A. Godden, L. Jewitt. London, Barrie and Jenkins, 1972.
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  On reverse of frame, ""5-VII/39 / Captain Cook""
  In a different hand on back of frame, ""This plaque is a French porcelain / was the property of Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) / when he was Governor of Tasmania 1837-1843. / On Lady Franklins death many of Sir John's possessions / passed to his sister Mrs Cracroft, who was Miss Lefroy's / grand-mother / Given to me by Miss Jessie Lefroy of St X / July 5 - 1939 / Gregory M. Mathews / Measurements ...""
• Subject
  Cook, James, 1728-1779.
  
• Topic
  medallions
  naval officers
  portraits
  

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