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ECL-Bm.2:98/2-2012

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Object number

ECL-Bm.2:98/2-2012

Object type

Identification

Title

Head of Athena

Title Type

assigned by cataloguer

Description

Content (description)

The head is in profile to left and two small holes are shown in the hair along the broken edge. There is no Topham monogram.

Content (object)

head

Content (note)

See Also Bm 9. 72

Dimensions

height (actual size): 41.3mm
width (actual size): 28.5mm

Inscription

Caput hoc, ex aere inauratum, antiquo opere summoque/artificio conflatum, urbis inter rudera multis iam seculis excisae seputlum, /Aquis Solis in agro Somersetensi XVI tandem sub solo ped. effossum A.D. /MDCCXXVII aeternitati consecravit Soc. Antiquar. Londinensis

A.Gordon del. G.Vertue sculp 1730

Inscription description

Inscription on front, part of print.
Names of artist and engraver along bottom, left and right

Materials & techniques note

print on paper

Production

Date

c.1710-1730

History and association

Previous ownership

References

• Cunliffe, Catalogue number: Colour pl. 1. p.89
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