Achilles being Bathed

Josiah Wedgwood, 1780 - 1836



Achilles being Bathed

Josiah Wedgwood 1780 - 1836

Summary

Thick circular plaque with slightly convex upper surface. White relief of the birth of Achilles, showing his mother Thetis bathing the baby Achilles in a large footed bowl by which she kneels, holding him aloft.


Object Name

Achilles being Bathed

Creators Name

Josiah Wedgwood

Date Created

c 1790=1792

accession number

1918.333

Place of creation

Etruria

Medium

Credit

Transferred from the Horsfall Museum Collection, 1918


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