• Title
  Joseph Banks, ca. 1800 / portrait medallion by Wedgwood, from an original model by John Flaxman Jnr.
• Creator
  Josiah Wedgwood & Sons
• Call number
  P*34
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1800
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Objects
• Reference code
  441578
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 portrait medallion - White on mauve (or lilac) dipped jasper ware medallion, stored in deeply set oval wooden frame with glass front, gilt inner border, and painted gold outer edge with decorative edges - 16 x 14.4 x 3.3 cm. frame
  
• Scope and Content
  The portrait depicts in relief the left profile of Sir Joseph Banks as a young man.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  The portrait is modelled from John Flaxman Jnr's. visual rendering of Sir Joseph Banks, ca. 1775.
  
  The medallion is similar to portraits of Sir Joseph Banks held in the Mitchell Library (P*31, P*33 black basalt ware, P*35, P*55, P*61) and those located in the Dixson Galleries collection (DL Pa 97 black basalt ware, DL Pa 98 black basalt ware, DL Pa 99 and DL Pa 100). The frame is also of a similar style to that of the portrait medallions located at P*31 and DL Pa 99.
  
  This medallion is a companion piece to the portrait medallion of Lady Dorothea Banks held in the Mitchell Library (P*36).
  Digital order no:Album ID : 846116
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  "Wedgwood" impressed on reverse of plaque
  Identified in pencil and red ink on reverse, "Jas. Banks"
  "11045" handwritten in black on reverse.
• Date note
  
  Date taken from "Heads of illustrious moderns" : Wedgwood portrait medallions. / Catalogue written by L. Richard Smith ; exhibition researched and selected by Alan Landis and L. Richard Smith. Sydney : Library Council of New South Wales, 1985
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Flaxman, John, 1755-1826
  
• Name
  Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820
  
• Subject
  David Scott Mitchell Collection.
  Wedgwood ware
  Jasperware
  Portrait medallions--England
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  botanists
  medallions
  naturalists
  portraits
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Style - Powerhouse Museum
  Heads of illustrious moderns : Wedgwood portrait medallions - State Library of New South Wales
  Pieces of Wedgwood - State Library of New South Wales
  Artefact or Fiction: Curriculum highlights, 20 April 2018 to 19 April 2019 - State Library of New South Wales (April, 2018 - April, 2019)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3217579

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