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years later, this medallion became very popular. Eomney 

 was another of Wedgwood's friends. We find him thank- 

 ing the potter " for his very kind and obliging offer to 

 let him have any of his elegant ware to sketch from, 

 when Mr. Eomney is in want of ornaments. I will call 

 upon you on the first opportunity." 



Lady Templeton must have been a very good friend 

 of Wedgwood. She admired his works so much that on 

 several occasions she lent him some of her charming 

 groups of children; which Wedgwood copied in his 

 beautiful jasper Bas-reliefs. The first was sent on the 

 27th June 1783, and the second some months later. 

 The Bas-reliefs on this occasion were used on the 

 Queen's Opera-Glass. They were made by Wedgwood 

 after the designs of Lady Templeton. One represented 

 Sterne's Maria, the other a Bourbonnais Shepherdess. 

 Another of her examples was a ring of great beauty 

 the subject Jupiter. Had Lady Templeton been a 

 poorer woman, she might have made a fortune by her 

 wonderful gifts. 



Wedgwood was also a friend, as well as a good 

 customer, of Wright of Derby. We find him in 1784 

 receiving from Wright a picture of the Maid of Corinth, 

 as well as a portrait of Erasmus Darwin. Wright had 

 before spoken of it as " a sweet subject," and it was 

 painted to Wedgwood's satisfaction. He had before sent 

 a sketch of Penelope and several other works. Hopp- 

 ner must also have been a friend, because we find him 

 in January 1785, when he was a young man struggling 



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