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441582
  • Title
    Joseph Banks / medallion portrait after James Tassie
  • Call number
    P*32
    Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 3, Shelf 48
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    441582
  • Physical Description
    Objects - 11.5 x 8.8 cm. - 1 white on blue jasper ware medallion with cushion moulding and unframed.
  • Scope and Content
    The relief portrait features a head and shoulders right profile of an older Sir Joseph Banks with draped material around base.
  • Access Conditions

    Access via appointment
  • General note

    Undated.
    The profile of this medallion appears to be modelled from images created by James Tassie and is different to the Flaxman portraits and wax medallion portrait located at P*63.
    The medallion is similar to P*54 (wooden frame) and Pa 101 (black basalt ware).
    This item is listed in The Public Library of New South Wales : report of the Public Library of New South Wales for year ended 20 June 1956. A.H. Pettifer, Governement Printer, Sydney, 1956
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Wedgwood impressed on reverse of plaque
    "Joseph Banks" engraved on reverse in handwritten script.
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