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Printing-Block
Woodblock

Object number

LDSAL2022.1.537

Artist/Designer/Maker

Wells, C - manufacturer

Production date

19th century

Production place

London

Material

wood
paper

Technique

Carving
Wood Engraving (Process)

Dimensions

height: 89mm
width: 127mm
depth: 25mm

Location

Burlington House -

Inscriptions

Inscription content

C WELLS 24
INVENTOR BOUVERIE
STREET LONDON

Inscriber role/association

manufacturer

References

Reference details

pp. 205-208

Reference (free text)

XII.—On the Mithraeum at Spoleto, Archaeologia, Volume 47 (Issue 1), 1882.

Reference association

illustrated

Reference note

Image printed on p. 206.
    Rectangular wooden printing block showing:- Obverse: carved and engraved design depicting shrine in an underground chamber, or spelaeum, in the Mithraeum in Spoleto, Umbria; showing an inscribed central altar, with two standing stones to its side; one tall with a perforation towards the rounded top; and the other rectangular in shape; with the stone edges to the chamber in the background and to the sides. 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.