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Portrait medallion
Oval medallion, moulded frame, two suspension holes on top edge, with a bust of George Edwards (or Edwardes)(1694-1773) in profile to left, dressed in an open shirt and a loose robe, and wearing his own hair, partly bald. Edwards was a naturalist and ornithologist librarian of the College of Physicans from 1733 and author of History of Birds (1743-64)
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30094
Creation/Production
Wedgwood and Bentley
Gossert, Isaac
Date: 1779-1780 –
Acquisition
Gift, 5/7/1923
Given by Major F.T. James
Measurements
Height
(cm): 1
Length
(cm): 10.2
Width
(cm): 8.2
Height
(in): 0
Length
(in): 4
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
Material
basalt
Location
In store
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