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Printing plate
copper plate Roman Tessellated Pavement (Stonesfield, Oxfordshire)

Object number

LDSAL2022.2.153

Artist/Designer/Maker

Fowler, William - Engraver

Production date

1803

Production place

Winterton

Material

copper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

height: 459mm
width: 709mm

Location

Burlington House -

Content description

Printing plate depicting a Roman tesselated pavement, found at Stonesfield, near Blenheim House, Oxfordshire

Inscriptions

Inscription content

ROMAN / Tessallated Pavement found at STONESFIELD, near Blenheim House, OXFORDSHIRE, / the seat of his Grace the Duke of Marlborough.

Inscription content

W.m Fowler Del.t et Fecit

Inscription content

Publish'd Aug.t 5th, 1803 by W.m Fowler Winterton, LINCOLNSHIRE.

Inscription date

05/08/1803

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 depicting a Roman tesselated pavement, found at Stonesfield, near Blenheim House, Oxfordshire
    This etching was published in volume I of Fowler's prints. Fowler's etching is apparently based on the smaller engraving of the same subject by George Vertue (see M.V. Taylor, "The Roman Tessellated Pavement at Stonesfield, Oxon.", p. 7).