Letter from Robert Nixon
Reference code
SAL/01/02/07/07
Title
Letter from Robert Nixon
Date
1807
Level of description
item
Scope and content
Letter from Robert Nixon presenting drawings of a Roman urn and brass medal of Caesar Augustus.
Mentioned in the minutes for 19 March 1807: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.031.036
Mentioned in the Appendix: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/5D2339B5C1497B5B3239FF8C9D78F56E/S026134090001955Xa.pdf/appendix.pdf
The drawing is included in the Society’s collection: https://collections.sal.org.uk/object-ldsal2020-15-86
While the letter and minutes clearly list Caesar Augustus the later references list the medal as being of Claudius Caesar, there are a series of letters included in which the appropriate Emperor is debated.
Mentioned in the minutes for 19 March 1807: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.031.036
Mentioned in the Appendix: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/5D2339B5C1497B5B3239FF8C9D78F56E/S026134090001955Xa.pdf/appendix.pdf
The drawing is included in the Society’s collection: https://collections.sal.org.uk/object-ldsal2020-15-86
While the letter and minutes clearly list Caesar Augustus the later references list the medal as being of Claudius Caesar, there are a series of letters included in which the appropriate Emperor is debated.