366 THE WEDGWOODS. 



thoughtfulness and an air of greater kindliness and be- 

 nevolence than they had before. The figure, too, had grown 

 proportionately, and had become more portly ; and all these 

 points were caught by the quick eye, and presented in 

 the new medallion by the almost magically manipulative 

 fingers of Flaxman. This medallion, which is the one best 



known to collectors, is still produced by Messrs. Wedgwood 

 in their finest jasper ware. The two profiles which I have 

 just given have been engraved to illustrate Mr. Gladstone's 

 u Wedgwood : An Address."* And I have to express my 

 obligations to Mr. Murray for his courtesy in giving me the 

 free use of these two admirable engravings. 



* London : John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1863. 



