Printing plate
copper plate
Medieval objects from Le Châtelard, Switzerland
Object number
LDSAL2022.2.76
Artist/Designer/Maker
Troyon, Frédéric - Artist
Basire, James - Engraver
Basire, James - Engraver
Production date
1854
Material
copper
Technique
Etching
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Dimensions
height: 228mm
width: 280mm
width: 280mm
Location
Burlington House -
Inscriptions
Inscription content
Antiquités de Chevannes.
Grandeur naturelle.
Grandeur naturelle.
Inscription content
Published by the Society of Antiquaries of London, 1854.
Inscription date
1854
Inscription content
Fred. Troyon Janv. 1854
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1854
Inscription content
J. Basire sc.
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Vol. XXX. Plate XVIII. p. 399
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 Medieval objects from Le Châtelard, Switzerland; from Archaeologia vol. XXXV plate XVIII
This plate was commissioned by the Society of Antiquaries as an illustration for vol. 35, issue 2 of the journal "Archaeologia". The paper is by Frederic Troyon, and it was communicated through John Yonge Akerman.
The Society has the original drawing by Frederic Troyon (see LDSAL2020.38.301).
Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Ms Margaret Ford FSA.
The Society has the original drawing by Frederic Troyon (see LDSAL2020.38.301).
Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Ms Margaret Ford FSA.
