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Printing plate
copper plate Roman Tessellated Pavement (Micklegate Bar, York)

Object number

LDSAL2022.2.154

Artist/Designer/Maker

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

Production date

1814

Production place

Winterton

Material

copper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

height: 461mm
width: 653mm

Location

Burlington House -

Content description

Printing plate depicting a Roman tesselated pavement, discovered in April, 1814, adjoining the rampart within Micklegate Bar, York; with copper plate maker's stamp on the reverse

Inscriptions

Inscription content

A Roman Tessallated Pavement. / DISCOVERED in ORKRIL 1814, adjoining the RAMPART within MICKLEGATE BAR, YORK. / 'Inscribed (by permission) to the RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM DUNSLEY, LORD MAYOR and the CORPORATION of the CITY of Yrk, by their obliged and very grateful servant, Wm Fowler.

Inscription content

W.m Fowler Del.t et Fecit

Inscription content

Pub. Nov.r 6th 1814 by W.m Fowler Winterton, Lincolnshire.

Inscription date

6/11/1814

Inscription content

G. HARRIS / NO. 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 depicting a Roman tesselated pavement, discovered in April, 1814, adjoining the rampart within Micklegate Bar, York; with copper plate maker's stamp on the reverse
    This etching was published in volume I of Fowler's prints.