Portrait medallion of Sir Robert Walpole [art original].

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Title: Portrait medallion of Sir Robert Walpole [art original].
Creator: Tassie, James, 1735-1799
Published / Created: [18th century?]
Publication Place: England
Description: A vitreous paste relief of Sir Robert Walpole, with black wooden frame backed in marble paper and with brass hanger.
James Tassie (1735-1799) modeller and portrait medallionist, after training at the Glasgow Academy of Art moved to Dublin and then London where, in early 1785 fuelling the neo-classic rage, he made a series of original portrait reliefs of contemporary figures using a glass paste, a technique which now bears his name, Tassie.
Extent: 1 item : circular 5 cm, frame diameter 9.3 x 2 cm
Language: English

Access: Public
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Citation: James Tassie, Portrait medallion of Sir Robert Walpole (LWL Min. 117). The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University Library.