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Drawings Hebrew altar

Object number

LDSAL2020.1.159

Artist/Designer/Maker

Hawker, R S - Artist

Production date

Late 18th century

Material

Paper
Pen
Ink

Technique

Drawing

Dimensions

Height: 126mm
Width: 202mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

A Hebrew Altar with its four Horns grooved & hollowed

Inscription content

This is a mere copy from an engraved altar in Calmet's Dictionary : and it is meant to illustrate by the central basin and the four grooved Horns the origin of Piscinas in Christian Chancels
R S Hawker.