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Printing-matrix
Printing-Block
Woodblock

Object number

LDSAL2022.1.263

Production date

19th century

Material

wood
paper

Technique

Carving
Wood Engraving (Process)

Dimensions

height: 80mm
width: 33mm
depth: 25mm

Location

Burlington House -

Inscriptions

Inscription content

28

Inscriber role/association

Unknown

References

Reference details

pp. 1-72; Fig. 34

Reference (free text)

I.—Recent Researches in Barrows in Yorkshire, Wiltshire, Berkshire, etc., Archaeologia, Volume 52 (Issue 1), 1890.
    Rectangular wooden printing block showing:- Obverse: carved and engraved design depicting stone axehead from a barrow in Snowshill, Gloucestershire; with a slightly curving body, an oval perforation on its top surface, and two rounded points. Ink residue remaining on surface. Reverse: printer's waste paper with type attached to surface, with unattributed handwritten number.
    Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Dr Edward Harris MBE FSA.