Lord George Gordon (1751–1793)

Josiah Wedgwood and Sons

ca. 1790 · Jasperware · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This is the likeness of the man who is accused of instigating the Gordon riots of 1780, but the cameo may have been issued at the time of his death in 1793.

Artist

Josiah Wedgwood and Sons

Date

ca. 1790

Medium

Jasperware

Culture

British, Staffordshire

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1911