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Portrait of the Emperor Valerian

1769–80
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Portrait of the Emperor Valerian
  • Artist: Josiah Wedgwood (British, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent 1730–1795 Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent)
  • Date: 1769–80
  • Culture: British, Staffordshire
  • Medium: White jasperware
  • Dimensions: 2 × 1 5/8 in. (5.1 × 4.1 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Clark Thompson, 1923
  • Object Number: 24.80.44
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
More Artwork
Cabinet of 140 plaques, Basalt ware, British, Staffordshire
British, Staffordshire
18th century
An Address to the Workmen in the Pottery on the Subject of Entering into the Service of Foreign Manufacturers, Josiah Wedgwood  British, Printed book, Newcastle: J. Smith, 1783 (1st ed.)
Josiah Wedgwood
1783
Banner, Silk, polychromy, British
British
late 18th century
Emperor Marcus Julius Philippus, Wedgwood and Bentley  British, White jasperware, British, Staffordshire
Manufacturer Wedgwood and Bentley
18th century
Vase with cover (one of a pair), Josiah Wedgwood  British, Jasperware, British, Etruria, Staffordshire
Factory Josiah Wedgwood
Decoration after designs by John Flaxman
and Lady Templetown
ca. 1780–1800

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