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Drawings Roman bronze figure of Mercury from Piercebridge

Object number

LDSAL2020.15.265

Artist/Designer/Maker

Schnebbelie, Jacob - Artist

Production date

1789

Material

Paper
Brush
Watercolour

Technique

Drawing
Painting (Image-Making)

Dimensions

Height: 148mm
Width: 85mm
Height (of Mount): 189mm
Width (of Mount): 123mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

Bronze figure of Mercury found at Piercebridge

References

Reference (free text)

John Cade, 'Some Observations on the Roman Station Cataractonium, with an Account of Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Piercebridge and Gainford', Archaeologia 9 (1789): 276-91. Illustration (Engraving), pl. XIX, opp. p. 289.