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Printing plate
copper plate Sepulchral Brass from Rotherfield Church

Object number

LDSAL2022.2.46

Artist/Designer/Maker

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

Production date

21/05/1812

Production place

Winterton

Material

copper

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

height: 383mm
width: 306mm

Location

Burlington House -

Content description

Printing plate showing a reduced version of the sepulchral brass from a tomb in the church of Rotherfield, Greys, Oxon; with copper plate maker's stamp and signs of repoussage on reverse.

Inscriptions

Inscription content

From a Tomb in the Church at Rotherfield Greys Oxon.
Pub.d May 21st by W.m Fowler: Winterton. Lincolnshire

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 showing a reduced version of the sepulchral brass from a tomb in the church of Rotherfield, Greys, Oxon; with copper plate maker's stamp and signs of repoussage on reverse.
    An impression from this copper plate was included in volume IV (Miscellanea) of Fowler's prints. This plate is a reduced version of LDSAL2022.2.45.

    The lettering in the lower centre was corrected as there are signs of repoussage on the reverse of the plate.

    Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Dr Richard Goddard FSA.