Josiah Wedgwood
(1730-1795), Potter and industrialistMid-Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 6 portraits
Founder of the Wedgwood pottery firm; he created the famous Queen's Ware and Jasper Ware.
after George Stubbs
chromolithograph, (circa 1780)
NPG D37631
by and published by George Townley Stubbs, after George Stubbs
stipple engraving, published 10 February 1795
NPG D18969
by Samuel William Reynolds, printed by Brooker & Harrison, published by Robert Sheppard, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1841
NPG D37630
by George Salisbury Shury, published by Henry Graves, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1863 (1782)
NPG D15576
by Samuel William Reynolds, published by Robert Sheppard, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
mezzotint, published 1 May 1841
NPG D20146
Related People
- Emma Darwin (née Wedgwood) (granddaughter)
- Francis Wedgwood (grandson)
- Sarah Wedgwood (wife)
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