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Drawings Roman bronze figure from the River Thames

Object number

LDSAL2020.15.246

Artist/Designer/Maker

Corbould, Henry - Artist

Production date

1837
1838
1840

Material

Paper
Brush
Ink
Wash
Pencil

Technique

Drawing

Dimensions

Height: 240mm
Width: 262mm
Height (of Mount): 305mm
Width (of Mount): 382mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

Bronze Figure of Mercury found in the bed of the Thames 1837. Archæol. Vol. XXVIII. p. 46.

Inscription content

H. Corbould May 1838

Inscription content

II.

References

Reference (free text)

Charles Roach Smith, 'On Some Roman Bronzes Discovered in the Bed of the Thames, in January 1837', Archaeologia 28 (1840): 38-46. Illustration (Engraving), pl. V, opp. p. 46.

Reference (free text)

British Musuem, A Guide to the Antiquities of Roman Britain in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities (London: British Museum, 1922), p. 89.

Reference (free text)

British Museum, Guide to the Antiquities of Roman Britain 2nd ed. (London: British Museum, 1958), p. 54. Illustration (Photograph), fig17, pl. XVII, opp. p. 56.