Joseph Banks / wax medallion portrait after James Tassie

P*63

fonds

ca. 1785

Graphic Materials, Objects

442115

Objects - 14.7 x 11.8 x 2.3 cm. (frame) - 1 wax medallion in oval shaped brown wooden frame with glass front

The relief portrait features a head and shoulders right profile of an older Sir Joseph Banks with draped material around base.

Undated.
The profile of this medallion appears to be modelled from images created by James Tassie and is different to the Flaxman portraits.
Several paper labels affixed to the reverse of the frame:
"[Wedgwood motif] / Old Wedgwood. / XVIIIth Century Art. / F. Rathbone" -- printed.
"20, Alfred Place West, (near Museum), / South Kensington, London, S.W." -- printed
"Sir Joseph Banks. K.B. / 1743-1820 / Original portrait in wax modelled by James Tassie 1785. Bought from the Executors" -- handwritten in black ink.
"H / 229" on ink on circular shaped label that refers to number assigned by the Australian Museum.