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
pencil
pen
ink
Technique
Drawing
Dimensions
Height: 356mm
Width: 260mm
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.
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.