Drawing [Section of the Channel and the Vessel Found near Maidstone, Kent]
Object number
LDSAL2026.3.23
Artist/Designer/Maker
McPherson Rice, William - Artist
Production date
1822
Material
paper
watercolour
pen
ink
pencil
watercolour
pen
ink
pencil
Technique
Drawing
Watercolour
Watercolour
Dimensions
height: 213mm
width: 326mm
width: 326mm
Location
Burlington House - Kent, L-R
Content description
Drawing of a section across the river Rother, from the Kentish to the Sussex bank, showing two vessels in cross-section sunk in the River Rother, excavated in 1822. This drawing is one of a series of drawings labelled I-VIIII by William McPherson Rice, of objects found in a shipwreck in the River Rother.
Inscriptions
Inscription content
II
Section of the Channel at the Site of the Vessel
To be put at the bottom of the plate
Section of the Channel at the Site of the Vessel
To be put at the bottom of the plate
Inscription content
The vessel lain across the direction of the present channel
the after part being partly under the bank. The head of the vessel is about 2 feet lower than the Stern and the depth from the top of the bank to the bottom of the vessel upwards of 20 feet.
the after part being partly under the bank. The head of the vessel is about 2 feet lower than the Stern and the depth from the top of the bank to the bottom of the vessel upwards of 20 feet.
Inscription content
County of Kent Parish of Rolvenden
County - Sussex Parish - Beckley
County - Sussex Parish - Beckley
Inscription content
Archaeologia XX p. 556
References
Reference details
William McPherson Rice, "Account of an Ancient vessel recently found under the old bed of the river Rother, in Kent". Archaeologia 20 (1824), p. 553-563. Illustration (engraving) Pl. XXV p. 554
Drawing of a section across the river Rother, from the Kentish to the Sussex bank, showing two vessels in cross-section sunk in the River Rother, excavated in 1822. This drawing is one of a series of drawings labelled I-VIIII by William McPherson Rice, of objects found in a shipwreck in the River Rother.
The wreck was excavated in 1822, and from the method of construction was deemed to be a Dutch trading vessel. Documentary evidence for the silting up of the Rother puts the date of the shipwreck before 1623. An account was read at the Society of Antiquaries' meeting on 7 November 1822.
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