• Title
  Dr Solander / medallion portrait by Wedgwood
• Creator
  Bert Bentley
• Call number
  P*5
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  probably between 1891-1936
• Type of material
  Objects
• Reference code
  442223
• Physical Description
  1 medallion - 1 large white on blue jasper ware, oval shaped with portrait in relief on front and thirty-two holes on reverse - 32.8 x 22.8 cm.
  
• Scope and Content
  A large blue jasper ware medallion portrait 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 (active 1891-1936) 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.
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795
  
• Name
  Solander, Daniel Charles, 1733-1782
  
• Topic
  botanists
  medallions
  naturalists
  portraits
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Heads of illustrious moderns : Wedgwood portrait medallions - State Library of New South Wales
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20830495

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