Defining a New Femininity? Josiah Wedgwood’s Portrait Medallions of Sarah Siddons and his “Femmes Célèbres”
In 1788, the potter Josiah Wedgwood introduced a radical new sub-section under the banner of his popular Heads of Illustrious Moderns, from Chaucer to the Present Time focused on historical and contemporary women, rather than men, and entitled “Femmes Célèbres”. In its creation, Wedgwood celebrated...
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Yale University
2021-11-01
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| Series: | British Art Studies |
| Online Access: | https://britishartstudies.ac.uk/issues/issue-index/issue-21/wedgwood-portrait-medallions-of-sarah-siddons |