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Drawings Viking gold armlet from Ireland

Object number

LDSAL2020.38.75

Artist/Designer/Maker

Smirke, Richard - Artist

Production date

1802
Circa 1812
1835

Material

paper
ink
pen
Wash

Technique

Drawing

Dimensions

Height: 240mm
Width: 310mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

Four Views of a gold Saxon Bracelet, found in Ireland.
Weight 12 ozs 12 grs Vide Vetust. Mon. Vol. V.

Inscription content

R. Smirke delt.

References

Reference (free text)

Vetusta Monumenta 5 (1835): pl. 30.

Reference (free text)

James Graham-Campbell, Viking Artefacts: A Select Catalogue (London: British Museum Publications, 1980), no. 231, p. 63. Illustration, figs. 231a and 231 b, p. 239. The arm ring is described as a 'Double annular gold arm-ring, with stamped ornament ... and linked terminals consisting of six animal-heads and two faceted rectangular knobs.'

Reference (free text)

J A Graham-Campbell, 'A Viking Age Gold Hoard from Ireland', Antiquaries Journal 54 (1974): 269-72. Illustration, pl. LII, between pp. 270 and 271. The article includes a transcription of a letter from Francis Douce concerning these gold antiquities. The letter suggests that the Society should 'direct their Draughtsman to make accurate Drawings of these most precious Relicks, in order to preserve a faithful remembrance of them.' This letter is in the Society's minute book for November 1812.

Reference (free text)

Charles Vallancey, Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis 4 vols. (Dublin: Pat Wogan, 1781-1804), 4, 2: 255-9.