The Roman Wall at York
Date
1683
Creator
Francis Place (1647 - 1728, British) , Printmaker
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p53
Material
Dimensions
height (paper): 195mm
width (paper): 202mm
width (paper): 202mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Landscape view of York's city wall, with a multiangular tower and St Mary's Abbey Church ruins. Inscribed in Martin Lister's hand in ink: 'an exact view of the ruines of a piece of Roman Wall & multangular Tower at Yorke. 1683.'
Transcription
At the bottom in ink, in Martin Lister's handwriting (as confirmed by Dr Anna Marie Roos): an exact view of the ruines of a piece of Roman Wall & multangular Tower at Yorke. 1683.
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
Martin Lister, 'Some observations upon the ruins of a Roman Wall and Multangular Tower at York', Phil. Trans., vol. 13, no. 149 (1683), pp. 238-42.
Related fellows
Martin Lister (1639 - 1712, British) , Physician
Associated place