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Printing plate
copper plate Anglo-Saxon objects found at Harnham Hill, Salisbury

Object number

LDSAL2022.2.77

Artist/Designer/Maker

Basire, James - Engraver

Production date

1854

Material

copper

Technique

Etching
Mezzotint

Dimensions

height: 279mm
width: 228mm

Location

Burlington House - RUB N

Content description

Printing plate reproducing Anglo-Saxon objects found at Harnham Hill, Salisbury; from Archaeologia vol. XXXV plate XIX

Inscriptions

Inscription content

FIBULA, GIRDLE ORNAMENT, DISH, ETC. found at Harnham Hill, Salisbury.

Inscription content

Published by the Society of Antiquaries of London, 1854.

Inscription date

1854

Inscription content

J. Basire del. et sc.

Inscription content

Vol. XXX. Plate XIX. p. 478.

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 found at Harnham Hill, Salisbury; from Archaeologia vol. XXXV plate XIX
    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 John Yonge Akerman.

    The Society has the original drawing by Frederic Troyon (see LDSAL2020.18.63).

    Digitised thanks to the kind donation of Dr John Ashley Null FSA.