Drawings Anglo-Saxon burial group from Nottinghamshire
Object number
LDSAL2020.38.55
Artist/Designer/Maker
Rooke, Hayman - Artist
Production date
1789
1792
1792
Material
Paper
Wash
Brush
Wash
Brush
Technique
Drawing
Painting (Image-Making)
Painting (Image-Making)
Dimensions
Height: 248mm
Width: 282mm
Width: 282mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
Antiquities found in a Barrow [in] Sherwood Forest near Oxton opened Octbr. ye 29 1789. They are all the size of the Drawings
Inscription content
A Sword in a wooden scabbard, 2 feet 6 inches in length & 4 ins. broad.
References
Reference (free text)
Hayman Rooke, 'Roman Remains in Sherwood Forest', Archaeologia 10 (1792): 378-85.
Illustration (Engraving), pl. XXXV, opp. p. 381.