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211 - A Pair of Wedgwood Blue Jasper Portrait Medallions Dr John Woodward and Richard Meade, circa 1790, bust length over impressed titles, maker's mark to reverse, oval 8cm by 7cm, in contemporary gilt-metal frames Provenance: Ex David Davis Collection, exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago 1958-9, no.135 For a discussion of these plaques, see Reilly (Robin) & Savage (George) Wedgwood, The Portrait Medallions, pg. 345 and 237. For another example with the corresponding ivory and wax mould see British Museum, accession no. 1887/0307.1.100. Also see Tait (Hugh) Proceedings of the Wedgwood Society 1959 "Wedgwood, Flaxman and an English 18th Century Portrait Carver", pg.126-132. Dr John Woodward was a fossil collection, natural philosopher and physician to Charles II and is interred in Westminster Abbey. Dr Meade with a leading physician promoting preventative medicine and a greater understanding of contagions
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A Pair of Wedgwood Blue Jasper Portrait Medallions Dr John Woodward and Richard Meade, circa 1790, bust length over impressed titles, maker's mark to reverse, oval 8cm by 7cm, in contemporary gilt-metal frames Provenance: Ex David Davis Collection, exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago 1958-9, no.135 For a discussion of these plaques, see Reilly (Robin) & Savage (George) Wedgwood, The Portrait Medallions, pg. 345 and 237. For another example with the corresponding ivory and wax mould see British Museum, accession no. 1887/0307.1.100. Also see Tait (Hugh) Proceedings of the Wedgwood Society 1959 "Wedgwood, Flaxman and an English 18th Century Portrait Carver", pg.126-132. Dr John Woodward was a fossil collection, natural philosopher and physician to Charles II and is interred in Westminster Abbey. Dr Meade with a leading physician promoting preventative medicine and a greater understanding of contagions
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