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Printing plate
copper plate Roman Pavements at Haceby (Lincolnshire)

Object number

LDSAL2022.2.145

Artist/Designer/Maker

Fowler, William - Engraver
Harris, George - Printing plate maker

Production date

1820

Material

copper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

height: 591mm
width: 384mm

Location

Burlington House - Mus Store

Content description

Printing plate of Roman Antiquities (Pavements), discovered at Haceby in the county of Lincoln; with copper plate maker's stamp on reverse.

Inscriptions

Inscription content

ROMAN ANTIQUITIES, discovered at Haceby, in the County of Lincoln, / On the property of EARL BROWNLOW and SIR W. E. WELBY BART.

Inscription content

WFowler Del et fect. Sept. 17th 1820

Inscription date

17/09/1820

Inscription content

G. HARRIS / 31 SHOE LANE / LONDON

References

Reference (controlled)

Betti, Chiara. “Lost Treasures Resurface: The Untold Story of the Society of Antiquaries’ Printing Plates.” The Antiquaries Journal 104 (2024): 304–42. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003581524000179.
    Printing plate of Roman Antiquities (Pavements), discovered at Haceby in the county of Lincoln, on the properties of Earl Brownlow and Sir W. E. Welby; with copper plate maker's stamp on reverse.
    This etching was published in volume I of Fowler's prints, which contained hand-coloured etchings of pavements.

    The print is mentioned in volume 22 of Archaeologia (p. 29).