Letter to the Society on a stone head in Merton
Reference code
SAL/01/02/02/04
Title
Letter to the Society on a stone head in Merton
Date
c March 1802
Level of description
item
Extent and format
4 pp
Scope and content
Letter from Reverend J. Brand describing the head of a statue found in the ruins on Merton Priory.
Mentioned in the minutes for 4th March 1802: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.029.014
The statue is now in the Society’s collections and on loan to the British Museum: https://www.sal.org.uk/collections/explore-our-collections/collections-highlights/the-merton-head/
An engraving of this is included in the Appendix of Archaeologia XIV: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/1E5764F97F884B2D825E076607C1AAA4/S0261340900027466a.pdf/appendix.pdf
Includes confirmation by James Halfhide of the origin of the head.
Mentioned in the minutes for 4th March 1802: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.029.014
The statue is now in the Society’s collections and on loan to the British Museum: https://www.sal.org.uk/collections/explore-our-collections/collections-highlights/the-merton-head/
An engraving of this is included in the Appendix of Archaeologia XIV: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/1E5764F97F884B2D825E076607C1AAA4/S0261340900027466a.pdf/appendix.pdf
Includes confirmation by James Halfhide of the origin of the head.
Creator
Hamilton, William (1731-1803), Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath, diplomat, collector and antiquary