Chessmen (32)
Gift of Gustavus A. Pfeiffer, 1953
Catalogue
- Year
- 1800
- Medium
- Jasperware
- Dimensions
- Height (king): 4 in. (10.2 cm); Height (pawn): 2 in. (5.1 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- John Flaxman
Artist
Painting
John Flaxman was an English sculptor and draughtsman who was a leading figure in British and European Neoclassicism. Early in his career, he worked as a modeller for Josiah Wedgwood's pottery. He spent several years in Rome, where he produced his first book illustrations. He was a prolific maker of funerary monuments.
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Angels Descending to the Daughters of Men
1821 · graphite//compositionally unrelated ink and wash recto and verso
Study for Decorations of Buckingham Palace
1820 · pen and gray ink with brown wash on wove paper
Design for the Chimney Piece in the Throne Room, Buckingham Palace
1820 · pen and black ink
![Studies of a Sickbed and Decorations for the Façade of Buckingham Palace [recto and verso]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/2e083237-91f0-4769-a992-411a4aad1ffb/full/!800,800/0/default.jpg)
Studies of a Sickbed and Decorations for the Façade of Buckingham Palace [recto and verso]
1820 · graphite//compositionally unrelated ink and wash verso
![Sheet of Studies [recto and verso]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/181a8ddd-3b8e-46fe-921d-3eb96211c727/full/!800,800/0/default.jpg)
Sheet of Studies [recto and verso]
1819 · graphite//compositionally unrelated ink and wash verso
Figures
1812 · Lithograph on ivory wove paper
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- John Flaxman
- Year
- 1800
- Medium
- Jasperware
- Dimensions
- Height (king): 4 in. (10.2 cm); Height (pawn): 2 in. (5.1 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1800-006350
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified