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Drawings Anglo-Saxon objects from Ash, Kent

Object number

LDSAL2020.15.9

Production date

1792

Material

Paper
Ink
Printer's Ink

Technique

Drawing
Engraving (Printing Process)

Dimensions

Height: 450mm
Width: 234mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

Antiquities found in a Sand Pit at Ash, near Sandwich, 1771

Inscription content

To Edward Jacob of Faversham, Esq. F.A.S. This Plate is repectfully dedicated by Wm. Boys.

References

Reference (free text)

William Boys, Collections for an History of Sandwich in Kent, with Notices of the Other Cinque Ports and Members, and of Richborough (Canterbury: Simmons, Kirkby, and Jones, 1792), pp 868-9. Illustration, pl. between pp. 868 and 869.

Reference (free text)

James Douglas, Nenia Britannica: Or, a Sepulchral History of Great Britain from the Earliest Period, to its General Conversion to Christianity (London: John Nichols, 1793), p. 48-52. Illustration, pl. XII.

Reference (free text)

Bryan Faussett, Inventorium Sepulchrale: an Account of Some Antiquities Dug up at Gilton, Kingston, Sibertswold, Barfriston, Beakesbourne, Chartham, and Crundale, in the County of Kent, from A.D. 1757 to A.D. 1773 (London, 1856), pp. 18-24.

Reference (free text)

Arthur MacGregor and Ellen Bolick, A Summary Catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon Collections (Non-Ferrous Metals) (Oxford: Tempus Reparatum, 1993), pp. 20, 73 (no. 6.11). NB. These came into the Ashmolean Museum from James Douglas's collection, and are thought to have been found in 1771 (tumulus 15) however it appears (see Bibliography) that some finds were acquired by Mr Haywood of Ash, who passed some of them to Mr Jacobs of Faversham, from whom Douglas acquired them. It seems they were actually found in 1762, the date of the drawing.
    This is a plate very similar to that published in William Boys' book (see Bibliography), but in a larger format with dedicatory inscription.