Vetusta Monunumenta
Print
1737 (engraved), 1747 (published)
1737 (engraved), 1747 (published)
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Print showing a Roman mosaic pavement.
Object details
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| Title | Vetusta Monunumenta (series title) |
| Materials and techniques | Engraving |
| Brief description | Print showing a Roman mosaic pavement found near Cotterstock, Northumberland. Plate 48 from Volume I of Vetusta Monunumenta, published by the Society of Antiquaries, London, 1747. Engraving by George Vertue. |
| Physical description | Print showing a Roman mosaic pavement. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Eximium Hoc Opus Tessellatum Romanae apud Britannos Magnificentiae Monumentum, juxta Cotterstock…Georgius Lynn Pater et Filius de Southwick Villâ proximé vicinâ, et Guilielmus. Bogdani Armigeri delineaverunt; Societasq Antiquaria Lond: Suis sumptibus. in Aere incidi curavit Ano. Dom. MDCCXXXVII.' (Lettered with scale and) |
| Credit line | Given by Lt.-Col. R. G. Elwes, OBE |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964. |
| Other number | Pl. 48 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1473-1959 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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