King George III

Wedgwood

About 1790

Titles King George III (Descriptive)
Artist Edward Burch, British, 1730 - 1814 / Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
Medium stoneware (jasperware)
Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; The Buten Wedgwood Collection, gift through the Wedgwood Society of New York, AFI.853.2012
Object Name portrait medallion
Classification Medals

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Wedgwood Bone china flowers and metal brooch with white flowers against black leaves.

Plaster cast of Papal medallion, Pope Pius VII (1742-1823), born Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti, reigned as Pope from 14 March 1800 to his death in 1823. Chiaramonti was also a monk of the Order of Saint Benedict in addition to being a well known theologian and bishop throughout his life.

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