• Title
  Dr Solander / medallion portrait by Wedgwood
• Creator
  Bert Bentley
• Call number
  PM 152
  Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 3, Shelf 48
  
• Level of description
  series
• Date
  
  ca. 1900
• Type of material
  Objects
• Reference code
  411343
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 medallion - 1 white on blue jasper ware, oval shaped with portrait in relief on front and 5 holes on reverse for hanging/mounting - 11 x 9 cm. diameter at widest points
  
• Scope and Content
  Classical interpretation of Daniel Solander, wearing a toga and natural hair, and showing head and shoulders profile facing right.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  This medallion was modelled by Bert Bentley for Wedgwood as indicated by the presence of his maker's mark, "O", on the reverse.
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Dr Solander engraved on reverse.
  "Wedgwood" impressed on reverse.
  "BB226" -- engraved at base of reverse
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795
  
• Name
  Solander, Daniel Charles, 1733-1782
  
• Topic
  botanists
  medallions
  naturalists
  portraits
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20791446

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