Not currently on display at the V&A

Assyrian sculpture of a lion winged. London: British Museum

Photograph
ca. 1860 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Davis Burton, J. (photographer)
Place of origin
British Museum (photographed)

A mounted sepia-coloured photograph of a sculpture of a winged lion.


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Sculpture
Archaeology
Topography
Museums
Object type
Photograph
TitleAssyrian sculpture of a lion winged. London: British Museum (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen print
Brief description
Photograph by J. Davis Burton of an Assyrian sculpture of a lion winged. London: British Museum, albumen print, ca. 1860s
Physical description
A mounted sepia-coloured photograph of a sculpture of a winged lion.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 25.5cm
  • Mount width: 19cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Lion winged. Assyrian sculpture. London: British Museum. Photographed by J. Davis Burton, Hackney, N.E.
  • 'Cocoa-nut cups. Modern Javanese, Sculpture Javanese "12020 TWO CARVED COCOA - NUT CUPS. - Modern Javanese. H. 7 in. (1073a, 1074) 12s."'
  • (National Art Library blind stamp)
Subjects depicted
Sculptures
Lions
Place depicted
British Museum
Associated object
PH.3256-1897 (Version)
Other number
118801 - British Museum number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
60852

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Record createdApril 10, 2014
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1290853/assyrian-sculpture-of-a-lion-photograph-davis-burton-j/
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