Drawings Pusey Horn
Object number
LDSAL2020.42.34
Artist/Designer/Maker
Basire, James - Artist
Production date
1786
Material
paper
pen
ink
Wash
pen
ink
Wash
Technique
Drawing
Dimensions
Height: 215mm
Width: 267mm
Width: 267mm
Associated place
Pusey
Oxfordshire
Berkshire
Victoria and Albert Museum
England
United Kingdom
Europe
Oxfordshire
Berkshire
Victoria and Albert Museum
England
United Kingdom
Europe
Inscriptions
Inscription content
The Pusey Horn.
Archæologia III. p. 13.
Archæologia III. p. 13.
Inscription content
Basire. d.
References
Reference (free text)
Pegge, 'Of the Horn, as a Charter or Instrument of Conveyance. Some Observations on Mr Samuel Foxlowe's Horn; as Likewise on the Nature and Kinds of these Horns in General', Archaeologia 3 (1786): 1-29.
Illustration (Engraving), pl. II, opp. p. 13.
Reference (free text)
John Cherry, 'Symbolism and Survival: Medieval Horns of Tenure', Antiquaries Journal 69 (1989): 111-18.
Illustrations, figs. a and b, pl. XX, between pp. 112 and 113.
Reference (free text)
Richard Marks and Paul Williamson, eds., Gothic: Art for England, 1400-1547 (London: V&A Publications, 2003), no. 182, p. 315.
Illustration (Photograph), pp. 314-15.
The item is a preperatory drawing for the engraving in Archaeologia (see Bibliography), by Basire.
