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Printing-matrix
Printing-Block
Woodblock

Object number

LDSAL2022.1.635

Production date

19th century

Material

wood
paper

Technique

Carving
Wood Engraving (Process)

Dimensions

height: 52mm
width: 56mm
depth: 25mm

Location

Burlington House -

References

Reference details

pp. 430-437; Fig. 1

Reference (free text)

XXXI. A few Remarks on the Discovery of the Remains of William de Warren, and his wife Gundrad, among the ruins of the Priory of Saint Pancras, at Southover, near Lewes, in Sussex. By Gideon Algernon Mantell, Esq. LL.D., F.R.S., &c., in a Letter to Sir Henry Ellis, K.H., F.R.S., Secretary, Archaeologia, Volume 31, 1846.

Reference association

illustrated

Reference note

Image printed on p. 435.

Reference (free text)

1839,1029.43, British Museum Collections, https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1839-1029-43
    Rectangular wooden printing block showing:- Obverse: carved and engraved design depicting one side of a Norman sculpted capital originally from the Priory of St. Pancras, or Lewes Priory, in Sussex, now in the British Museum; showing two figures (St. Peter and Andrew) holding a fishing net, one holding an oar; representing a scene from Matthew IV.18-19. Ink residue remaining on surface. Reverse: printer's waste paper attached to surface.
    Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Kingston University.