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Printing plate
copper plate Tombstone of Gerardus Lotvill

Object number

LDSAL2022.2.42.a

Artist/Designer/Maker

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

Production date

1829

Material

copper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

height: 217mm
width: 369mm

Location

Burlington House - RUB B

Content description

Printing plate reproducing the tombstone of Gerardus Lotvill in Redburn Church; with printing plate maker's stamp on reverse.

Inscriptions

Inscription content

hic iacet gerardus lotvill [...]
miserere deus amen

Inscription content

WFowler Del et fecit Jan: the 22.d 1829

Inscription date

1829

Inscription content

From a Tomb-Stone in the
CHANCEL of REDBURN CHURCH.

Inscription content

G· HARRIS
NO.4 HARP ALLEY
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 reproducing the tombstone of Gerardus Lotvill in Redburn Church; with printing plate maker's stamp on reverse.
    Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Dr Richard Goddard FSA.