Drawings Roman sarcophagus in the Capitoline Museums, Rome
Object number
LDSAL2020.16.29
Artist/Designer/Maker
Windus, Thomas - Artist
Dean & Co. - Lithographer
Dean & Co. - Lithographer
Production date
1845
1845
1845
Material
paper
ink
printer's ink
ink
printer's ink
Technique
Drawing
Engraving
Lithography
Engraving
Lithography
Dimensions
Height: 232mm
Width: 317mm
Width: 317mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
The Sarcophagus of Galen the Physician of Pergamus, where the celebrated Barberini, or Portland Vase, was discovered; which finest known Gem of art, is now deposited in the British Museum.
Until this new elucidation from numerous authentic documents, by Thomas Windus, F.S.A., Stamford Hill, this Tomb was hitherto erroneously called, & supposed to have been that of Alexander Severus and Julia Mammea.
N.B. A fac-simile Cast of the Sarcophagus weighing 4 Tons, the first ever brought to this Country, is in the possession of the Author, having been recently made for him, by especial permission, from the original at the Museum of the Capitol in Rome.
Until this new elucidation from numerous authentic documents, by Thomas Windus, F.S.A., Stamford Hill, this Tomb was hitherto erroneously called, & supposed to have been that of Alexander Severus and Julia Mammea.
N.B. A fac-simile Cast of the Sarcophagus weighing 4 Tons, the first ever brought to this Country, is in the possession of the Author, having been recently made for him, by especial permission, from the original at the Museum of the Capitol in Rome.
Inscription content
T. Windus, F.S.A. Direxit
Inscription content
Dean & Co. Lith.Threadneedle St.
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.
The lithograph is one of the illustrations to T Windus's interpretation of the subject of the Portland Vase (see Bibliography).
