Joseph Banks / medallion portrait by Wedgwood

P*55
Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 3, Shelf 47

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Graphic Materials, Objects

442114

Objects - 1 white on blue jasper ware medallion, convex cushion moulded, housed in deeply set oval shaped wooden frame with glass front and eyelet and ring on back for hanging - 15.7 x 12.5 x 4.4 cm. (frame)

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.
On a paper label on reverse of frame, "Gallery" in pencil, "(From A.Lee Coll.) Purchased 1955" in ink.
The medallion is similar to portraits of Joseph Banks held in the Mitchell Library (P*33 black basalt ware, P*31, P*34, P*35, P*61) and those located in the Dixson Galleries collection (DL Pa 99 and DL Pa 100).
This item is listed in The Public Library of New South Wales : report of the Public Library of New South Wales for year ended 20 June 1956. A.H. Pettifer, Government Printer, Sydney, 1956

Style - Powerhouse Museum