Wax Relief of Doctor James Gregory James Tassie, 1791 The Victoria & Albert Museum |
We’ve looked at several wax relief portraits.
They’re usually more colorful and cartoonish than this wax portrait
relief which depicts Doctor James Gregory (1753-1821). The sculpture was made by James Tassie in
1791.
Dr. Gregory was a Professor of Medicine at Edinburgh, and the inventor of Gregory powder—a favored laxative of the Eighteenth Century which was made of dried rhubarb. Yay!
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