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Letter accompanying an engraving of a Roman tesselated pavement

Reference code
SAL/01/02/06/08
Title
Letter accompanying an engraving of a Roman tesselated pavement
Date
c April 1806
Level of description
item
Extent and format
2 pp
Scope and content
Letter from Thomas Fisher presented a coloured drawing of a section of Roman tessellated pavement discovered during building works at the Bank of England, London.

Mentioned in the minutes for 17th April 1806: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.031.009

The tessellated section of pavement is on display at the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1806-1115-1
Creator
Fisher, Thomas