The Vicar of Wakefield

Wedgwood

  • Titles The Vicar of Wakefield (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (black basalt)
  • Dimensions 8 1/2 x 3 5/8 in. (21.6 x 9.2 cm)
  • 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.1036.2008
  • Work Type sculpture
  • Classification Sculpture

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