Lamps from Pompeii
Date
1880
Creator
C. F. Kell (British) , Lithographer
After
David Mossman (1825 - 1901, British) , Miniaturist
Object type
Library reference
28424
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 316mm
width (print): 250 mm
width (print): 250 mm
Subject
Description
Three specimens of Roman earthenware lamps, with single and multiple wick burners, excavated from Pompeii, Italy. With a single base inscription.
Plate V in the book A descriptive catalogue of antiquities, chiefly British, at Alnwick Castle, by John Collingwood Bruce (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1880). Inscribed above: ‘PLATE V’. Inscribed below: ’LAMPS OF TERRA COTTA FOUND AT POMPEII. Scale, two thirds of the Original Size. D. Mossman Delt. C.F. Kell Lith.’
These items are catalogued as nos.715, 717 and 718 in the Alnwick Castle collection. Commentary is on the ornamentation of the lamps, including an olive wreath moulding on figure 1, and the inscription ‘LCAPR’ on figure 3a.
John Collingwood Bruce (1805-1892) British antiquary.
Plate V in the book A descriptive catalogue of antiquities, chiefly British, at Alnwick Castle, by John Collingwood Bruce (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1880). Inscribed above: ‘PLATE V’. Inscribed below: ’LAMPS OF TERRA COTTA FOUND AT POMPEII. Scale, two thirds of the Original Size. D. Mossman Delt. C.F. Kell Lith.’
These items are catalogued as nos.715, 717 and 718 in the Alnwick Castle collection. Commentary is on the ornamentation of the lamps, including an olive wreath moulding on figure 1, and the inscription ‘LCAPR’ on figure 3a.
John Collingwood Bruce (1805-1892) British antiquary.
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