Drawings Roman milestone from Leicestershire
Object number
LDSAL2020.15.16
Artist/Designer/Maker
J.C. - Artist
Production date
1782
Material
Paper
Pen
Ink
Watercolour
Pen
Ink
Watercolour
Technique
Drawing
Dimensions
Height: 334mm
Width: 237mm
Width: 237mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
View of a Roman Mile stone, in the garden of the Turnpike house, a mile and half from Leicester in the road to Malton, it was found about ten tears ago by some labourers who were mending the road (and the ground) about a mile distant.
drawn Oct 15. 1782 by J.C.
drawn Oct 15. 1782 by J.C.
Inscription content
Exact representation of the letters (both with form and proportion)
References
Reference (free text)
William Bray, 'On the Leicester Roman Military Stone', Archaeologia 7 (1785): 84-5.
Illustration (Engraving), pl. VI, opp. p. 85.