Drawings Finds from the Giants' Tower, Gozo, Malta
Object number
LDSAL2020.19.127
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: 109mm
Width: 200mm
Width: 200mm
Location
Burlington House - Library
Inscriptions
Inscription content
No. 5.
Inscription content
Fig. 1. One of 2 heads cut out of Malta Stone, found at Torre dei Giganti.
Fig. 2. A piece of stone with a Figure cut on it at Ditto.
Fig. 2. A piece of stone with a Figure cut on it at Ditto.
Inscription content
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. Drawing of a stone head and carving detail found at one of the temple sites at Xaghra, Gozo.
Pen, ink, and wash drawing on paper. Drawing of a stone head and carving detail found at one of the temple sites at Xaghra, Gozo.
This is one of three drawings (the others are LDSAL2020.19.126 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 LDSAL2020.19.126 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).
