The Roman Tesselated Pavement discovered December, 1854, in the Castle Field, St.Matthew's, Ipswich, Suffolk
Henry Davy (1793 - 1865)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1854
Materials
paper
Measurements
380 x 560 mm
Place of origin
Ipswich
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 286634
Summary
Lithograph, coloured, The Roman Tesselated Pavement discovered December, 1854, in the Castle Field, St.Matthew's, Ipswich, Suffolk by Henry Davy (1793-1865). A coloured lithograph by H. Davy of 'The Roman Tesselated Pavement', with the inscription printed below, 'Discovered December, 1854, in the Castle Field, St.Matthew's, Ipswich, Suffolk, the property of John Orford Esq., and by him presented to the Ipswich Museum and deposited there March 16th, 1855 under the Superintendence of Mr. R.M. Phipson and Mr. F. Ransome. Weight of the whole about 5 tons. Sketched on the original site about 1 mile N.W. of the town.' Coloured in black and iron-red in bands of decoration, a scale attached.
Marks and inscriptions
Discovered December, 1854 in the Castle Field, St.Matthews, Ipswich, Suffolk/the property of John Orford Esq., and by him presented to the Ipswich Museum/and deposited there March 16th, 1855 under the Superintendence of Mr. R.M. Phipson and Mr. F. Ransome/Weight of the whole about 5 tons/Sketched on the original site about 1 mile N.W. of the town.
Makers and roles
Henry Davy (1793 - 1865), lithographer