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Drawings Roman inscription from York

Object number

LDSAL2020.15.14

Artist/Designer/Maker

Beckwith, Thomas - Artist

Production date

1772

Production place

York (city)

Material

Paper
Pen
Ink
Wash

Technique

Drawing

Dimensions

Height: 200mm
Width: 182mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

Tho. Beckwith Delin. Ebor: 1772.

Inscription content

Inscription in honour of Serapis found at York.
Archæologia III. p. 151.

Inscription content

The representation of a Monument found in digging ye foundations of a house in ye Fryers gardens, within the Walls of the City of York, in August 1770; of which a particular account has been sent to the Society.
It is of a fine kind of grit-stone, in length 3 feet, depth 2 ft 1 Inch, and 7 Inches in thickness.
In ye possession of Francis Smyth Esq. F.A.S.

References

Reference (free text)

Samuel Pegge, 'An Inscription in Honour of Serapis found at York', Archaeologia 3 (1775): 151-3. Illustration (Engraving), pl. X, opp. p. 151.