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Vetusta Monunumenta

Print
1737 (engraved), 1747 (published)
Artist/Maker
Society of Antiquaries of London (publisher)
Vertue, George (engraver)
Place of origin
London (published)

Print showing a Roman mosaic pavement.


Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleVetusta Monunumenta (series title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 46.4cm
  • Width: 50.8cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
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
Subjects depicted
Pavement
Mosaic
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
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1473-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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