[A Wedgwood blue jasper dip portrait medallion of Robert Walpole, First Earl of Orford] [art original].

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Description

Title
[A Wedgwood blue jasper dip portrait medallion of Robert Walpole, First Earl of Orford] [art original].
Alternative Title
Portrait medallion of Sir Robert Walpole, First Earl of Orford
Creator
Vanderbank, John, 1694-1739, artist
Contributor
Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795
Published / Created
[ca. 1774]
Publication Place
England
Description
Title from dealer's catalog.
Signed on collar "G.D.F.R."
Possibly after John Vanderbank.
Formerly associated in old library records with: Location, Green Closet, in the 1774 and 1784 editions of Description of the villa of Horace Walpole, youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole Earl of Orford at Strawberry-Hill: Sir Robert Walpole, and Catherine Lady Walpole; heads carved in ivory. Portrait of Sir Robert Walpole, and a ditto of his wife, Catherine Shorter
Formerly associated in old library records with 1842 sale text: A carving in ivory, Portrait of Sir Robert Walpole, and a ditto of his wife, Catherine Shorter (Horace Walpole; 1842, May 14, Strawberry Hill Sale, Day 18, Lot 79, bought by the Earl of Orford, £8.8.0.
Provenance
Formerly associated in old library records with: Location, Green Closet, 1774 and 1784 Description: Sir Robert Walpole, and Catherine Lady Walpole; heads carved in ivory. Sale Text: A carving in ivory, Portrait of Sir Robert Walpole, and a ditto of his wife, Catherine Shorter (Horace Walpole; 1842, May 14, Strawberry Hill Sale, Day 18, Lot 79, bt. Earl of Orford, £8.8.0; The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University).
Extent
1 item : visible oval image 11 x 9 cm, framed to 18 x 13 cm
Language
No linguistic content

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
LWL Min. 120 On view in the Reception Area

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Jasperware
Cameos
Portraits British 18th century
Bas-relief (sculpture technique)
Material
porcelain portrait in relief ; and Wedgwood jasperware.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745,
Subjects
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
British > 18th century

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Citation
A Wedgwood Blue Jasper Dip Portrait Medallion of Robert Walpole, First Earl of Orford. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Catalog Record
12417772
Object ID (OID)
15815185

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