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Untitled (A terracotta urn filled with various Roman coins)

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Date

1852

Artist

Print after George Cruikshank (1792-1878)

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3536490

Additional Makers

Publisher - Henry George Bohn; Print maker - George Cruikshank

Description

A terracotta urn filled with various Roman coins, the imagery faint on most but some with recognisable figures, some coins having fallen outside the container; some text describing the excavation of the urn; frontispiece to "The Journal of the British Archaeological Association, No. VII" (1852) Hand-coloured etching.

Inscription

Lettered to image "Drawn and Etched by George Cruikshank" and "Roman Urn with Coins found in Charnwood Forest"

Image Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

image © Trustees of the British Museum

Location

Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, England

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