Attributes | Values |
---|
rdfs:label
| - Portrait (Wedgwood handbook)
|
rdfs:comment
| - Portrait. The resemblance or likeness of a person. Wedgwood's labours in the direction of portraiture both antique and modem were in their results most fine and successful. A very large number of portrait medallions have descended to our time, and for perfection of modelling, undercutting, and general finish remain unrivalled. Portraits are to be found in all his bodies ; but the majority are in basaltes, unpolished and polished, in white biscuit, in creamy coloured biscuit, in waxen biscuit, and occasionally in white jasper, but much more frequently in jasper of two colours. The individuality of some few of the portraits is apparently lost to ns, as in onr day they cannot be recognized. They are portraits probably of relatives, personal friends, and of those whose fiune, whether local or
|
dcterms:subject
| |
dbkwik:resource/FdADWVJbob5nQL-zg-YAbg==
| - Pottery and porcelain: Índice adicional
|
dbkwik:ceramica/pr...iPageUsesTemplate
| |
Wikipedia
| |
dbkwik:resource/OBtXi1I3QTwFx1jP-BQGHg==
| |
abstract
| - Portrait. The resemblance or likeness of a person. Wedgwood's labours in the direction of portraiture both antique and modem were in their results most fine and successful. A very large number of portrait medallions have descended to our time, and for perfection of modelling, undercutting, and general finish remain unrivalled. Portraits are to be found in all his bodies ; but the majority are in basaltes, unpolished and polished, in white biscuit, in creamy coloured biscuit, in waxen biscuit, and occasionally in white jasper, but much more frequently in jasper of two colours. The individuality of some few of the portraits is apparently lost to ns, as in onr day they cannot be recognized. They are portraits probably of relatives, personal friends, and of those whose fiune, whether local or general, was too ephemeral to last beyond their generation.
|