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Printing plate
copper plate Anglo-Saxon Umbo, Spearheads and Buckle

Object number

LDSAL2022.2.70

Artist/Designer/Maker

Basire, James - Engraver

Production date

1854

Material

copper

Technique

Etching
Aquatint

Dimensions

height: 281mm
width: 229mm

Location

Burlington House - RUB N

Content description

Printing plate depicting an Anglo-Saxon shield's umble and handle, five spearheads and a buckle; with numbers next to figures; from Archaeologia, vol. XXXV, plate X.

Inscriptions

Inscription content

UMBO, SPEAR-HEADS and BUCKLE, found at Harnham Hill, Salisbury.

Inscription content

Published by the Society of Antiquaries of London, 1854 J. Basire, del. et sc.

Inscription date

1854

Inscription content

Vol. XXXV Plate X. p. 276

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 an Anglo-Saxon shield's umble and handle, five spearheads and a buckle; from Archaeologia, vol. XXXV, plate X.
    This plate was commissioned by the Society of Antiquaries as an illustration for vol. XXXV, issue 2 of the journal "Archaeologia". The plate illustrates some specimens dug out at a burial ground at Harnham Hill, near Salisbury. The paper is by John Yonge Akerman, F.S.A.

    The Society has the original drawing by James Basire (see LDSAL2020.18.59).

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