Drawings Roman sarcophagus in the Capitoline Museums, Rome
Object number
LDSAL2020.16.120
Artist/Designer/Maker
Windus, Thomas - Artist
Dean & Co. - Lithographer
Dean & Co. - Lithographer
Production date
1845
1845
1845
Production place
London
Material
Paper
Ink
Printer's Ink
Ink
Printer's Ink
Technique
Drawing
Engraving (Printing Process)
Lithography
Engraving (Printing Process)
Lithography
Dimensions
Height: 266mm
Width: 382mm
Width: 382mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
T. Windus, F.S.A. Direxit
Inscription content
Dean & Co. Lith. Threadneedle Street.
Inscription content
Presented by Thomas Windus Esqr. F.S.A.
References
Reference (free text)
D E L Haynes, The Portland Vase 2nd ed. (London: British Museum Publications, 1975).
Haynes explains some of the myths behind the provenance of the Portland vase, including Windus' version.
Reference (free text)
Thomas Windus, A New Elucidation of the Subjects on the Celebrated Portland Vase, Formerly Called the Barberini, and the Sarcophagus in which it was Discovered (London, 1845).
Reference (free text)
Archaeologia 31 (1844): 562.
