Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Lysons, Samuel, 1763-1819
Title:
Reliquiae Britannico-Romanae : containing figures of Roman antiquities discovered in various parts of England.
Published / Created:
London : Printed by T. Bensley, and sold by Messrs. Cadell and Davies, T. Payne, and White, Cochran, and Co., 1813-1817.
Physical Description:
4 v. : ill. (some col.), port., plans, map ; 59 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engravings by Samuel Lysons, E. W. Thomson, J. Warner, J. Lee, H. Weddell, E. Weddell, H. Bennett, J. Tovey, and Gabriel Fiesinger; after Samuel Lysons, Sir Robert Smirke, Richard Smirke, W.W. Hall, C.A. Stothard, Gabriel Fiesinger, and John Flaxman.
Contents:
v. 1. Figures of mosaic pavements discovered at Horkstow near Lincolnshire ; Remains of two temples, and other Roman antiquities, discovered at Bath ; Figures of mosaic pavements discovered near Frampton ; Roman antiquities discovered in Kent, Cheshire, Durham, Lancashire, Cumberland, Somersetshire, Northamptonshire, and Wiltshire -- v. 2. Roman antiquities discovered in the county of Gloucester ; Remains of military ensigns &c. -- v. 3. Remains of a Roman villa discovered at Bignor in Sussex -- v. 4. An account of Roman antiquities discovered at Woodchester in the county of Gloucester.
Subject Terms:
Romans -- England. | Pavements, Mosaic. | Excavations (Archaeology) -- England. | Great Britain -- Antiquities, Roman. | Rome -- Military antiquities. | Bensley, T. -- Publisher. | Northcote, Baron -- Bookplate. | Neeld, Joseph -- Bookplate. | Taylor, Simon, Sir -- Binding.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- 1813-1817. | Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1813-1817. | Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1813-1817. | Engravings -- 1813-1817. | Etchings -- 1813-1817. | Etchings -- Hand-colored -- 1813-1817. | Soft-ground etchings -- Hand-colored -- 1813-1817. | Stipple engravings -- 1813-1817. | Armorial bindings (Provenance) | Armorial bindings (Binding) | Armorial bookplates (Provenance)
Contributors:
Bennett, H., engraver. | Fiessinger, Franz Gabriel, 1752-1807, engraver. | Lee, J., engraver. | Thompson, E. W., 1770-1847, engraver. | Tovey, J., fl. 1793-1801, engraver. | Warner, J., engraver. | Weddell, E., engraver. | Weddell, H., engraver. | Flaxman, John, 1755-1826, ill. | Hall, W. W., ill. | Lysons, Samuel, 1763-1819, ill. | Smirke, Robert, 1780-1867, ill. | Smirke, Richard, 1778-1815, ill. | Stothard, C. A. (Charles Alfred), 1786-1821, ill.