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Josiah Wedgwood
[English Potter, 1730-1795]
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Josiah Wedgwood Works Online
Categorized & Annotated
Museums and Public Art Galleries Worldwide:
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas NEW! (There is a "Download" link for zooming in on some works, but confusingly this may take a while to become active)
Fitzwilliam Museum at the University of Cambridge, UK Numerous works online
Fitzwilliam Museum PHAROS Website, Cambridge, UK Teapot, ca.1775-80 Copy of the Portland Vase, ca.1789-90
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City NEW! 
Metropolitan Museum of Art Timetable of Art History  3 works made by Josiah Wedgwood or by Wedgwood and Co.
Museum of Modern Art, New York City 
Réunion des Musées Nationaux, France (in French)  Anti-Slavery Medallion, 1788
The Royal Collection, London, UK
The Wedgwood Museum, Staffordshire, UK
Victoria and Albert Museum Catalogue, London, UK
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
Columbia Museum of Art, South Carolina The Portland Vase
Currier Gallery of Art, New Hampshire
Holburne Museum of Art, Bath, England
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Los Angeles County Museum of Art NEW!
Manchester City Art Gallery, UK
National Museums Liverpool, UK Black basalt vase Borghese vases and pedestals
National Museums Liverpool, UK Jasper Fireplaces
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh Bust of Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt, ca.1768-80
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Josiah Wedgwood at the The British Museum, London, UK
The Walters Art Museum, Maryland NEW! Works by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons factory
The Walters Art Museum, Maryland NEW! Works by Josiah Wedgwood
National Art Databases and Museum Inventories:
Art Fund for UK Museums 2 works online when last checked
Art Market: (e.g. records of past sales at auction; sites providing examples of the artist's signature)
Christie's Past Sale Archive (database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)
Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive (database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)
Pictures from Image Archives:
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
RKD Netherlands Imagebase NEW! Eclectic database of images that range from old black-and-white photos to superb, zoomable reproductions
Additional Image Search Tools:
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Miscellaneous Sites:
British Council Arts Group
Articles and Reference Sites:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Josiah Wedgwood  Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 100-word preview only. Troubleshooting
RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History 
Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)  Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.
Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
The Magazine Antiques "Wedgwood in the nineteenth century"
"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon
Look Inside Books: | Selections from the books listed below are scanned in, in high res. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from so-so to excellent. Don't miss the fact that you can usually zoom in via the "View" drop-down menu, along the top row of Amazon's Online Reader. | |
Search Inside Books: | Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy. Note: Some "Search Inside" features are limited to people signed in to an account which has previously made a purchase at Amazon. | |
search inside
 Wedgwood: The First Tycoon
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