
Fergus Gambon
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The subject is adapted from a sculpture on the frieze of the 4th century BC monument of Lysicrates in Athens. A detailed engraving was included in the first volume of James Stuart's Antiquities of Athens, published in 1762. Stuart was a friend of Josiah Wedgwood. The first medallion was made in 1772 for Sir Watkin Williams Wynn. This lot may have been intended for incorporation into a chimney piece