442130
- TitleJoseph Banks, 1775 / portrait medallion by Wedgwood
- Call numberDL Pa 99
Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 3, Shelf 47 - Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
1775 - Type of material
- Reference code442130
- Issue CopyDigitised
- Physical DescriptionObjects - 9.6 x 7.3 cm. (portrait) ; 16 x 14.3 x 3 cm. (frame) - 1 white on blue jasper ware medallion, dipped darker blue, with two holes on the back, housed in deeply set oval shaped gilt wooden frame with glass front, gilt inner rim and wooden mount, and ring on back for hanging
- Scope and ContentThe relief portrait features the left profile of Joseph Banks.
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Access via appointment - Copying ConditionsOut of copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales - General note
The portrait of Sir Joseph Banks was first modelled by John Flaxman Jnr. between 1775-1779. It is difficult to assign specific dates to the medallions as several issues were made over a period of time.
The portrait is cracked from the neck down.
The medallion is similar to one held in the Dixson Galleries collection (DL Pa 100) and several in the Mitchell Library (P*33 black basalt ware, P*34, P*35, P*55, P*61). The frame is also of a similar style to that of the portrait medallions located at P*31 and P*34.
Attributed to John Flaxman. - Signatures / Inscriptions
"Wedgwood" impressed on back.
Titled and dated from ink inscription on paper label affixed to back of medallion, "Joseph Banks Baronet 1781 / by Flaxman in 1775".
"date / 1777/1795 / 12140" in ink on reverse of medallion.
Etched on back of wooden frame three times then written over in ink, "IX" - Creator/Author/Artist
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