![]() In the V&A there can be seen the badge that Wedgwood designed for the anti-slavery campaign: a medallion of white jasper with a black relief depicting an enslaved male African inscribed, “Am I not a Man and a Brother?” The V&A also holds Wedgwood’s masterpiece as a virtuoso potter, a copy of the Roman Portland Vase in blue-black jasper. When Hunt became director of the V&A, he came across Wedgwood again. Hunt’s passion for Wedgwood began when, as MP for Stoke-on-Trent (2010-17), he encountered Josiah, “King of Stoke”. Wedgwood was a hero of the industrial revolution, a groundbreaking entrepreneur and a political radical who campaigned for slave emancipation and welcomed the fall of the Bastille. ![]() Hunt argues that Wedgwood was the Steve Jobs of his age, a defining figure who connected creativity with technology. ![]() ![]() We remember Josiah Wedgwood today for his elegant china, but as Tristram Hunt shows in this new biography, he was much more than a potter. ![]()
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