442212
- Title[Johann Reinhold Forster, ca. 1775 / portrait medallion by Wedgwood and Bentley]
- Creator
- Call numberP*60
Status: On display. Objects Gallery. Case 3, Shelf 47 - Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
ca. 1775 - Type of material
- Reference code442212
- Physical Description1 medallion - 1 white on blue jasper ware medallion, housed in wooden frame with inner gilt border - 7.9 x 6.6 cm. (image, sight) ; 12.3 x 10.5 cm. (frame)
- Scope and ContentHead and shoulders profile of man with hair loosely tied with a ribbon, facing to the right, with leaf and flowers [Forstera Sedifolia] above chest.
- Access Conditions
Access via appointment - General note
Affixed to mount on reverse of fame, ""Old Wedgwood. / XVIIIth Century Art. / F. Rathbone [printed] / .fred Place West, / South Kensington. [handwritten]""
On a paper label on reverse of plaque, ""H / 226"" refers to the number assigned by the Australian Museum.
A similar white on blue jasper ware medallion portrait of Johann Reinhold Forster, without the sprig of foliage, is located in the Mitchell Library collection at P*56. Additionally, within the Dixson Library collection is a white on green dip jasper ware medallion at DL Pa 92. - Signatures / Inscriptions
Initialled at truncation of bust, ""I.S.""
""Wedgwood / & Bentley"" impressed on reverse.
Dated, titled, and attributed from inscription around the outside of the frame (in an, unknown hand): ""Johan Reinhold Forster, L.L.D. Naturalist and traveller, born at Dirschaw, Polish Prussia 1729. Professor of Natural History at Warrington Academy 1779. Accompanied Captain Cook in his second / Voyage around the world as a naturalist. On his return in 1775 ..."" - Creator/Author/Artist
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