Oval Portrait Medallion of Dr. W. Herschel
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Possibly John Flaxman (British, 1755–1826). Oval Portrait Medallion of Dr. W. Herschel, ca. 1783. Plaster stained dark brown in stamped brass frame, 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (14 x 10.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Bess and Sam Zeigen Family, 66.229.16. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Artist
Title
Oval Portrait Medallion of Dr. W. Herschel
Date
ca. 1783
Medium
Plaster stained dark brown in stamped brass frame
Classification
Dimensions
5 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (14 x 10.8 cm)
Signatures
ni signature
Inscriptions
no inscriptions
Markings
"FLAXMAN" on truncation Dr. Herschel's name is impressed at base with date 1783
Credit Line
Gift of the Bess and Sam Zeigen Family
Accession Number
66.229.16
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