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Drawings Bathhouse at Benwell Roman fort

Object number

LDSAL2020.15.300

Artist/Designer/Maker

Shafto, Robert - Artist

Production date

Circa 1751

Material

Paper
Pen
Ink
Wash

Technique

Drawing

Dimensions

Height: 245mm
Width: 196mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

The Plan of a Roman Hypocaust or Sudatory discovered about three hundred yards from the Station Condercum to the South West. From the Original Stained Drawing of Robert Shafto Esq. communicated by Miss Shafto January 8th 1783.

References

Reference (free text)

David Gaimster, Sarah McCarthy, and Bernard Nurse, eds., Making History, Antiquaries in Britain, 1707-2007 (London: Royal Academy of Arts, 2007), p. 109, fig. 16. Illustration, p. 109.