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Drawings Roman statue of Aesop

Object number

LDSAL2020.16.108

Artist/Designer/Maker

Jenkins, Thomas - Artist

Production date

1758

Production place

Rome (city)

Material

Paper
Pencil
Pen
Ink

Technique

Drawing

Dimensions

Height: 356mm
Width: 260mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

Tho. Jenkins Romæ delin. 1758.

Inscription content

Upper Part of the Statue of Asop, found in the Year 1758, in digging amongst the Ruins of the Baths of Caracalla, commonly called Thermæ Antonini, Supposed to be of Grecian Sculpture. It is now in the Possession of Cardinal Alex. Albani.
Vid. Minutes 11 May 1758.

References

Reference (free text)

S Rowland Pierce, 'Thomas Jenkins in Rome: In the Light of Letters, Records, and Drawings at the Society of Antiquaries of London', Antiquaries Journal 45 (1965): 200-29. Illustration, a., drawing I, pl. LX, between pp. 206 and 207.

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