CHAPTER XX. . 



JOSIAH WEDGWOOD. MEDALLION PORTRAITS OF HIM BY FLAX- 

 MAN AND OTHERS. MEDALLION OF MRS. WEDGWOOD. 



MACCARONI HEAD-DRESSES. COSTUME OF THE PERIOD. 

 SATIRES ON THE PREVAILING MODE. NETWORK BAGS FOR 



THE HEAD. HEADS NOT DRESSED FOR NINE WEEKS. 



SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS' PORTRAIT OF WEDGWOOD. STUBBS' 

 FAMILY PICTURE OF THE WEDGWOODS. FASHION OF 



WEARING HUGE CAPS. STATUE OF WEDGWOOD. FONT ANA* S 

 BUST. BUST ON THE MONUMENT AT STOKE. 



AND here, at the close of -his useful and eventful life, a few 

 words may be well introduced concerning the different por- 

 traits of Josiah Wedgwood which have been executed. And, 

 first, with regard to the medallions which have been produced 

 in Wedgwood's own matchless jasper ware. Of these medal- 

 lions I have the good fortune to be enabled to bring under 

 my readers' notice, for the first time, four different varieties. 

 Of these two have not, I believe, before been either engraved 

 or described, and will, therefore, be welcome additions to the 

 data I am giving to collectors. 



The first of these medallions of which I shall speak, is 

 one of Flaxman's happiest relief-portraits, and is shown 

 on the accompanying engraving. In it Wedgwood is repre- 

 sented, as will be seen, in the fashionable dress of the 

 period, with bag wig, lace frill, and collarless coat. This 

 I take to have been one of the earliest of the medallion 

 portraits of Wedgwood, and it is one which is but little 

 known to collectors. The " bag" of the wig on this medallion 



