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Printing plate
copper plate Cadmus Bowl

Object number

LDSAL2022.2.33

Artist/Designer/Maker

McCarty, W. W. - Engraver

Production date

c.1850-1899

Material

copper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

height: 256mm
width: 206mm

Location

Burlington House -

Content description

Printing plate reproducing a 12th-century bowl depicting King Cadmus of Thebes and the Labours and Birth of Hercules (the bowl is at the British Museum).

Inscriptions

Inscription content

W.W. McCARTY FECIT.

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 reproducing the Cadmus bowl (12th century).
    Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Prof. Richard Rastall FSA.