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Drawing Roman Pottery from London

Object number

LDSAL2020.15.2

Artist/Designer/Maker

Kempe, Alfred John - Artist

Production date

1831
1832

Material

paper
pen
ink
wash

Technique

Drawing

Dimensions

Height: 151mm
Width: 241mm

Location

Burlington House -

Content description

The wash drawing shows a group of Roman pottery and glass found at St Michael's, Crooked Lane, London.

Inscriptions

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Roman Remains from St. Michael's Crooked Lane 1831

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Amphora, restored from the fractured parts. height about 2 feet 4 inches

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Alabaster

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Necks of Bottles, handles and bottoms of Amphoræ &c found on the Roman level at at St. Michael's Crooked Lane and East Cheap. 1831.

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A.J.K.

References

Reference (free text)

Alfred John Kempe, 'An Account of Various Roman Antiquities Discovered on the Site of the Church of St Michael, Crooked Lane, and in Eastcheap, in Forming the Northern Approaches of the New London Bridge', Archaeologia 24 (1832): 190-202.Illustrations, figs. 1, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, pl. XLIV, between pp. 202 and 203.
    The drawing shows a group of Roman pottery and glass found at St Michael's, Crooked Lane, London.
    The findings were communicated by John Kempe in a Society meeting on 16/06/1831. See SAL/02/036/039.