Printing-matrix
Printing-Block
Woodblock
Object number
LDSAL2022.1.533
Production date
19th century
Material
wood
paper
paper
Technique
Carving
Wood Engraving (Process)
Wood Engraving (Process)
Dimensions
height: 107mm
width: 157mm
depth: 26mm
width: 157mm
depth: 26mm
Location
Burlington House -
Inscriptions
Inscription content
[...] p. 5
Inscriber role/association
Unknown
References
Reference details
pp. 161-178
Reference (free text)
X.—On the Sculptured Tympanum of a former Doorway in the Church of South Ferriby, Lincolnshire, Archaeologia, Volume 47 (Issue 1), 1882.
Reference association
illustrated
Reference note
Image printed on p. 166.
Rectangular wooden printing block showing:-
Obverse: carved and engraved design depicting decorative tympanum above a church door in Little Paxton, Cambridgeshire; showing a semi-circle at the centre with an encircled cross with triangular arms on a stem; flanked by depictions of three animals, one with a human head; with a bishop holding a crozier, bordered by a stone archway; with a scale shown towards the bottom. Ink residue remaining on surface.
Reverse: printer's waste paper attached to surface.
Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Dr Edward Harris MBE FSA.