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Printing-Block
Woodblock

Object number

LDSAL2022.1.1817

Artist/Designer/Maker

Cleghorn, J - Engraver

Production date

19th century

Material

wood
paper

Technique

Carving
Wood Engraving (Process)

Dimensions

height: 41mm
width: 142mm
depth: 26mm

Location

Burlington House -

Inscriptions

Inscription content

I Cleghorn

Inscriber role/association

Engraver

References

Reference details

pp. 270-283

Reference (free text)

XXVI. On Mortuary Urns found at Stade-on-the-Elbe, and other parts of North Germany, now in the Museum of the Historical Society of Hanover, Archaeologia, Volume 36 (Issue 2), 1855.

Reference association

illustrated

Reference note

Image printed on page 279.
    Rectangular wooden printing block showing:- Obverse: carved and engraved design depicting bronze knife from Lower Saxony, Germany; with a mostly flat surface and the tang turned inwards; decorated with carving depicting crudely-drawn figure holding an oar sat in a boat, with the stern rising upwards into a spiral, and a fish to the left, next to the bow. Ink residue remaining on surface. Reverse: printer's waste paper attached to surface with handwritten engraver's signature.
    Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Flora Ginn.