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William Hackwood was Wedgwood's premier modeller and work attributed to him can be found in the V&A Museum, the Ashmolean Museum and the Metropolitan Museum, New York.

Wedgwood's anti-slavery medallion, inscribed 'Am I not a man and a brother?', which was based on a seal commissioned by the Committee for the Abolition of the Slave Trade on 5th July 1787, was probably designed and modelled by William Hackwood with Josiah Wedgwood's involvement. There is considerable evidence that Wedgwood held Hackwood in high regard and it may even have been Wedgwood who commissioned this portrait, which is probably by a local Staffordshire artist.

The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

Stoke-on-Trent

Title

William Hackwood (1753–1836)

Date

c.1820

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 34 x W 29.5 cm

Accession number

1951.FA.76

Acquisition method

purchased from W. B. Cooper, 1951

Work type

Painting

The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

Bethesda Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST1 3DW England

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