Not currently on display at the V&A

Assyrian sculpture of a winged bull, London, British Museum

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

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


Object details

Categories
Photographs
Sculpture
Archaeology
Topography
Museums
Object type
Photograph
TitleAssyrian sculpture of a winged bull, London, British Museum (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen print
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by J. Davis Burton of an Assyrian sculpture of a winged bull, London, British Museum, albumen print, ca. 1860s
Physical description
A mounted sepia-coloured photograph of a sculpture of a winged bull.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 25.5cm
  • Mount width: 19cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Bull winged, Nr. 8, London, British Museum, Sculpture Assyrian "Photographed by J. Davis Burton, Hackney, N.E."'
  • (National Art Library blind stamp)
Subject depicted
Bulls
Places depicted
British Museum
Assyria
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
60901

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Record createdApril 11, 2014
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1290946/assyrian-sculpture-of-a-winged-photograph-davis-burton-j/
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