Drawings Bronze Age shield from the Isis, Oxfordshire
Object number
LDSAL2020.38.30
Artist/Designer/Maker
Basire, James - Artist
Basire, James - Engraver
Basire, James - Engraver
Production date
1836
1838
1838
Material
paper
ink
printer's ink
ink
printer's ink
Technique
Drawing
Engraving
Engraving
Dimensions
Height: 254mm
Width: 150mm
Width: 150mm
Associated place
Isis (river)
Thames (river)
Little Wittenham
Dorchester (Oxfordshire)
Oxfordshire
British Museum
England
United Kingdom
Europe
Thames (river)
Little Wittenham
Dorchester (Oxfordshire)
Oxfordshire
British Museum
England
United Kingdom
Europe
Inscriptions
Inscription content
A bronze British Buckler found in the bed of the River Isis.
References
Reference (free text)
John Gage, 'Account of a British Buckler, Found in the Bed of the River Isis, Between Little Wittenham and Dorchester, in Oxfordshire', Archaeologia 27 (1838): 298-300.
Illustration (Engraving), pl. XXII, opp. p. 298.
The item is a plate from Archaeologia (see Bibliography).
