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Drawings Stone axhammer from Carlisle, Cumbria

Object number

LDSAL2020.38.47

Artist/Designer/Maker

Basire, James - Artist

Production date

1773

Material

Paper
Wash
Brush

Technique

Drawing

Dimensions

Height: 70mm
Width: 162mm
Height (of Mount): 107mm
Width (of Mount): 217mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

Stone hammer
Archæologia Vol. II. p.124.

Inscription content

Length 8 in.
Breadth 3 '.

Height 2½ in.
Weight 3 lb. 10 oz.

References

Reference (free text)

Charles Lyttelton, 'Observations on Stone Hatchets', Archaeologia 2 (1773): 118-23.

Reference (free text)

Mr Pegge, 'Observations on Stone Hammers', Archaeologia 2 (1773): 124-8. Illustration (Engraving), fig. 1, pl. VIII, opp. p. 125.