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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Sculpture, Room 111, The Gilbert Bayes Gallery

Frederick, Prince of Wales

Medal
ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

The Swiss-born medallist Jacques Antoine Dassier (1715-1759) was a medallist and engraver. The eldest son of Jean [John] Dassier. He studied in Paris and Rome before working as assistant engraver at the Royal Mint in London from 1741 to 1745. He stayed in England till 1757. He later worked at Geneva and from 1756 at the St Petersburg Mint. Besides many individually commissioned medals, in the 1740s he produced a series of famous Englishmen, including Sir Hans Sloane (bronze, 1744; see Hawkins, Franks and Grueber, ii, no. 234), and contributed to his father's Roman series. With their subtly modelled drapery, his medals resemble, on a small scale, busts by the sculptor Roubiliac. Many also represent the same sitters. The legend in Latin, reads: ‘Frederick Prince of Wales’.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleFrederick, Prince of Wales (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze, struck, partly gilt
Brief description
Medal, bronze, Frederick Prince of Wales, by Jacques Antoine Dassier, England (London), ca. 1750
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 5.39cm
Object history
Bought in 1880.
Subject depicted
Summary
The Swiss-born medallist Jacques Antoine Dassier (1715-1759) was a medallist and engraver. The eldest son of Jean [John] Dassier. He studied in Paris and Rome before working as assistant engraver at the Royal Mint in London from 1741 to 1745. He stayed in England till 1757. He later worked at Geneva and from 1756 at the St Petersburg Mint. Besides many individually commissioned medals, in the 1740s he produced a series of famous Englishmen, including Sir Hans Sloane (bronze, 1744; see Hawkins, Franks and Grueber, ii, no. 234), and contributed to his father's Roman series. With their subtly modelled drapery, his medals resemble, on a small scale, busts by the sculptor Roubiliac. Many also represent the same sitters. The legend in Latin, reads: ‘Frederick Prince of Wales’.
Bibliographic references
  • List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1880. London, 1881, p. 25
  • Trusted, Marjorie, ed. The Making of Sculpture. The materials and techniques of European sculpture. London, 2007, p. 89, pl. 152
Collection
Accession number
310-1880

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Record createdMay 4, 2005
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