Drawings Roman bronze lamp
Object number
LDSAL2020.16.17
Artist/Designer/Maker
Cosway, Richard - Artist
Production date
Circa 1754
1789
1789
Material
Paper
Pen
Ink
Pen
Ink
Technique
Drawing
Dimensions
Height: 169mm
Width: 211mm
Height (of Mount): 210mm
Width (of Mount): 255mm
Width: 211mm
Height (of Mount): 210mm
Width (of Mount): 255mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
LAMPAS ANTIQVA EX AERE.
Vetust.Mon. Vol. II. pl. XVIII.
A Drawing of a brass Lamp in the possession of Lyde Browne Esq. by a youth about 14 years of age; presented by Mr Theobald.
Vetust.Mon. Vol. II. pl. XVIII.
A Drawing of a brass Lamp in the possession of Lyde Browne Esq. by a youth about 14 years of age; presented by Mr Theobald.
Inscription content
Purchased at the sale of Earl Pembroke's antiques
Inscription content
R.Cosway
References
Reference (free text)
Vetusta Monumenta 2 (1789): pl. XVIII.
Illustration (Engraving), fig. 2.
Reference (free text)
Hugh Belsey, 'Richard Cosway', in Jane Turner, ed., The Dictionary of Art 34 vols. (London: Macmillan, 1996): 8: 20.
Reference (free text)
O Neverov, 'The Lyde Browne Collection and the History of Ancient Sculpture in the Hermitage Museum', American Journal of Archaeology 88 (1984): 33-42.
