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
Four specimens of Roman earthenware lamps, with single wick burners, excavated from Pompeii, Italy. With inscriptions on their bases.
Plate VI in the book A descriptive catalogue of antiquities, chiefly British, at Alnwick Castle, by John Collingwood Bruce (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1880). Inscribed above: ‘PLATE VI’. 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.710-713 in the Alnwick Castle collection. Commentary is on the ornamentation of the lamps, including a representation of Jupiter and an eagle [upper figure, not numbered], a lion overpowering a stag [centre right], a theatre mask [centre left] and a Sun-God [lower figure].
John Collingwood Bruce (1805-1892) British antiquary.
Plate VI in the book A descriptive catalogue of antiquities, chiefly British, at Alnwick Castle, by John Collingwood Bruce (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1880). Inscribed above: ‘PLATE VI’. 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.710-713 in the Alnwick Castle collection. Commentary is on the ornamentation of the lamps, including a representation of Jupiter and an eagle [upper figure, not numbered], a lion overpowering a stag [centre right], a theatre mask [centre left] and a Sun-God [lower figure].
John Collingwood Bruce (1805-1892) British antiquary.
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