Printing plate
copper plate
Anglo-Saxon Objects from Harnham Hill, Wiltshire
Object number
LDSAL2022.2.72
Artist/Designer/Maker
Basire, James - Engraver
Production date
1854
Material
copper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
height: 282mm
width: 229mm
width: 229mm
Location
Burlington House - RUB N
Content description
Printing plate reproducing Anglo-Saxon objects from Harnham Hill, Wiltshire; from Archaeologia, vol. XXXV, plate XI.
Inscriptions
Inscription content
STEEL, KNIFE, FORK, ETC. 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 XI. p. 278
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 Anglo-Saxon objects from Harnham Hill, Wiltshire; from Archaeologia, vol. XXXV, plate XI.
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 LDSAL2020.18.62) and all the plates from Akerman's paper.
Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Ms Margaret Ford FSA.
The Society has the original drawing by James Basire (see LDSAL2020.18.62) and all the plates from Akerman's paper.
Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Ms Margaret Ford FSA.
