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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1197
People
Wedgwood, British (founded 1759 )
Title
Nymph with Cymbals, after frescoes at Pompeii
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Herculaneum Nymph with Cymbals
Classification
Medals and Medallions
Work Type
medallion
Date
1773-1783
Places
Creation Place: Europe, United Kingdom, England, Etruria
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230233

Physical Descriptions

Medium
White jasperware body with dark blue (or black) glaze
Technique
Jasperware
Dimensions
21.7 × 3 cm (8 9/16 × 1 3/16 in.)
framed: 36.1 × 36.2 × 4 cm (14 3/16 × 14 1/4 × 1 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • manufacturer's mark: reverse, impressed: WEDGWOOD
  • gallery label: reverse, black ink on paper, printed and handwritten: [printed:] F. RATHBONE / South Kensington, / LONDON SW; [handwritten:] Herculaneum nymph / & cymbals. Bk & w rare / one in V&A museum / 1792 Propert & Sanderson / colls. / [ ] / 49
  • inscription: back of frame, black ink, handwritten: No. 1
  • inscription: back of frame, black ink, handwritten: 1098
  • inscription: back of frame, graphite, handwritten: left of [oru--?]
  • inscription: back of frame, graphite, handwritten: Up
  • label: reverse, black ink, handwritten: WB [in monogram] 962

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
William Bartlett. Dr. J. Lumsden Propert, London, England. Arthur Sanderson, Edinburgh, Scotland. [Frederick Rathbone, London, England], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, NY, 1911, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1197
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Jean Gorely, "The Winthrop Collection", Old Wedgwood, Wellesley Press, Inc. (Wellesley, MA, 1943), no. 10, pp. 132-139, p. 134
  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 28, pp.19-20
  • Jean Gorely, "Pedigreed Wedgwood", The Magazine Antiques (January 1945), pp. 29-31, p. 29, repr.
  • Jean Gorely, Wedgwood, M. Barrows and Co. (New York, 1950), p. 100, cat. no. 58, repr.
  • Carol Macht, Classical Wedgwood Designs, M. Barrows and Co. (New York, NY, 1957), p. 76
  • Lloyd E. Hawes, "Herculaneum Wall Paintings", The American Wedgwoodian (December 1965), vol. II, no. 2, p. 24, fig. 9

Exhibition History

  • A Collection of Plaques, Medallions, Vases, Figures, &c..., Museum of Science and Art, Edinburgh, 01/01/1901 - 12/31/1901
  • Old Wedgwood from the Bequest of Grenville Lindall Winthrop, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/04/1944 - 09/03/1944
  • Eighteenth Century European Ceramics, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/02/2005 - 06/09/2008

Verification Level

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