Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803)
c. 1785
Artists
Description
Two firing holes on verso
Dimensions
10.4 x 8.2 x 1.5 cm (4 1/8 x 3 1/4 x 9/16 in.)
Provenance
Possibly by descent [1]; to William Erasmus Darwin, partial exchange; [2] to [Frederick Rathbone, London, 1912], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1912, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943 Notes [1] Rathbone claims the medallion was descended through the Darwin (and suggests possibly the Wedgwood) family in correspondence dated October 15, 1912 [2] Per Rathbone, Darwin exchanged the medallion as partial payment for a vase
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