Drawing Roman Pottery from London
Object number
LDSAL2020.15.2
Artist/Designer/Maker
Kempe, Alfred John - Artist
Production date
1831
1832
1832
Material
paper
pen
ink
wash
pen
ink
wash
Technique
Drawing
Dimensions
Height: 151mm
Width: 241mm
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.