[A Wedgwood basalt miniature plaque depicting Sir Robert Walpole] [art original].

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Title: [A Wedgwood basalt miniature plaque depicting Sir Robert Walpole] [art original].
Alternative Title: Wedgwood portrait medallion of Sir Robert Walpole
Creator: Maratti, Carlo, 1625-1713, artist
Contributor: Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795.
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons.
Published / Created: [18th century?]
Publication Place: England
Description: Title devised by curator.
Matte black ceramic monochrome medallion with bust of a man in profile facing left wearing a wig.
Modelled by Carlo Maratti: "C. MARATTI" impressed below bust. The reverse impressed: Wedgwood.
Provenance: Gift of David McKibbin, Librarian of the Boston Athenaeum, to W.S. Lewis, April 1958.
Extent: 1 item ; visible oval image 7 x 5.5 cm
Language: No linguistic content

Genre: Bas-relief (sculpture technique)
Medallions (medals)
Portraits
Material: black basalt stoneware.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745,
Subject (Topic): Basalt
Subjects: Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Basalt
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Citation: Carlo Maratti, A Wedgwood Basalt Miniature Plaque Depicting Sir Robert Walpole. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.