Drawings Finds from the Giants' Tower, Gozo, Malta
Object number
LDSAL2020.19.126
Artist/Designer/Maker
Hennah, William Veale Rev - Artist
Production date
1831
Material
paper
pen
ink
Brush
Wash
pen
ink
Brush
Wash
Technique
Drawing
Dimensions
Height: 185mm
Width: 226mm
Width: 226mm
Location
Burlington House - Library
Inscriptions
Inscription content
No. 4
Inscription content
No. 1 A figure cut upon a very hard stone found at the Torre dei Giganti and preserved at the Governor's Office at Gozo.
No. 2 Three balls cojoined, cut in marble & found & preserved as the above.
N. 3, 4, 5 Patterns on pieces of pottery found at the Torre dei Giganti.
W.V.Hennah.
No. 2 Three balls cojoined, cut in marble & found & preserved as the above.
N. 3, 4, 5 Patterns on pieces of pottery found at the Torre dei Giganti.
W.V.Hennah.
References
Reference (free text)
W H Smyth, 'Notice of Some Remains at Goza [sic], Near Malta', Archaeologia 22 (1829): 294-6.
Reference (free text)
J D Evans, The Prehistoric Antiquities of the Maltese Islands: a Survey (London: Athlone Press, 1971), pp. 172-91.
Pen, ink, and wash drawing on paper. The drawing records a number of carved and decorated stone and pottery artefacts found at one of the temple sites at Xaghra, Gozo.
Pen, ink, and wash drawing on paper. The drawing records a number of carved and decorated stone and pottery artefacts found at one of the temple sites at Xaghra, Gozo.
This is one of three drawings (the others are LDSAL2020.19.127 and LDSAL2020.19.128) which accompanied a letter from Rev William Veale Hennah to Davies Gilbert (see LDSAL2020.19.118). Hennah numbered these drawings 4, 5, and 6 (the whereabouts of drawings 1, 2, and 3 are unknown).
This is one of three drawings (the others are LDSAL2020.19.127 and LDSAL2020.19.128) which accompanied a letter from Rev William Veale Hennah to Davies Gilbert (see LDSAL2020.19.118). Hennah numbered these drawings 4, 5, and 6 (the whereabouts of drawings 1, 2, and 3 are unknown).
