Drawings Roman bronze vessel from Prickwillow, Isle of Ely
Object number
LDSAL2020.42.19
Artist/Designer/Maker
Basire, James - Artist
Production date
1838
1840
1840
Material
Paper
Pen
Ink
Watercolour
Pen
Ink
Watercolour
Technique
Drawing
Painting (Image-Making)
Painting (Image-Making)
Dimensions
Height: 256mm
Width: 224mm
Width: 224mm
Inscriptions
Inscription content
J. Basire, delt.
Inscription content
Bronze Vessel, found in 1838 in the hamlet of Prickwillow in the Isle of Ely.
Vide Archæol. XXVIII. p. 436.
Vide Archæol. XXVIII. p. 436.
Inscription content
In the possession of Goddard Johnson Esq. of Norwich 1847.
References
Reference (free text)
Archaeologia 28 (1840): pl. XXV, opp. p. 436.
Reference (free text)
British Museum, Guide to the Antiquities of Roman Britain 2nd ed. (London: British Museum, 1958), p. 38.
Illustration, pl. XVIII, between pp. 56 and 57.
Reference (free text)
T W Potter, Roman Britain (London: British Museum Press, 1997), p. 42.
Illustration, fig. 23, p. 42.
This is probably a preparatory drawing for Basire's engraving published in Archaeologia (see Bibliography).