Sir Joseph Banks / medallion portrait

P*31
Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 3, Shelf 47

fonds

Graphic Materials, Objects

442100

Objects - 1 white on blue jasper ware medallion, stored in deeply set oval wooden frame with glass front, gilt inner border, and outer edges of frame painted gold. A metal loop is affixed to the centre back of frame to assist in hanging. - 16.1 x 14.3. x 2.7 cm. frame ; (loop, 1.2 cm.)

The portrait depicts in relief the right profile of Sir Joseph Banks as a young man.

Undated.
Based on a portrait of Sir Joseph Banks that was modelled by John Flaxman Jnr. between 1775-1779, it is difficult to assign a specific date to the medallion as several issues were made over a period of time.
The portrait has an oblique crack from the eye to the back.
Attributed to Josiah Wedgwood.
The medallion is similar to portraits of Sir Joseph Banks held in the Mitchell Library (P*33 black basalt ware, P*34, P*35, P*55, P*61) and those located in the Dixson Galleries collection (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.

Handwritten on a paper label affixed to back of frame, "Sir Joseph Banks. / 1740-1820"