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Printing-Block
Woodblock

Object number

LDSAL2022.1.653

Production date

19th century

Material

wood

Technique

Carving
Wood Engraving (Process)

Dimensions

height: 55mm
width: 25mm
depth: 23mm

Location

Burlington House -

References

Reference details

pp. 36-54

Reference (free text)

III.—Antiquarian Researches in the Ionian Islands, in the year 1812, by John Lee, Esq. LL.D., F.R.S. Communicated in a Letter to Captain W. H. Smyth, R.N., K.S.F., Director, Archaeologia, Volume 33 (Issue 1), 1849.

Reference association

illustrated

Reference note

Image printed on p. 48.
    Rectangular wooden printing block showing:- Obverse: carved and engraved design depicting gilded leaf from a funereal headdress from the Greek Island of Ithaca in the Ionian Sea; with two chips on either side and a looping wire as a stalk. Ink residue remaining on surface. Reverse: blank.
    Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Kingston University.