Society of Antiquaries of London Catalogue of Drawings and Museum Objects
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Gallery - detail
Early Medieval Antiqs 2
Romanesque bronze plaques
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| Object number | Early Medieval Antiqs 2 | |
| Iconographic description | The page has drawings of six bronze plaques: (left to right) an angel; two separate figures, one with a book; another angel; three sleeping soldiers in Norman armour; and Christ in a mandorla supported by two angels. | |
| Comments | The note in the Gentleman's Magazine (see Bibliography) refers to the bronze of the three sleeping soldiers being found in the Temple Church during 'recent' repairs. Its suggested use was as an applique to a small shrine or pyx. The English Romanesque Art catalogue (see Bibliography) dimisses the Temple Church provenance, and argues that the object represents a depiction of the Holy Sepulchre. This draring is significant because only the three knights survive (in the Burrell Collection, Glasgow); the other plaques have disappeared. A note in pencil on the opposite page of the album (fol. 1v) refers to the sleeping soldiers in bronze as being in the collection of General Pitt Rivers in 1890. He obtained it in a Sotheby's sale 10 July 1888. | |
| Material | Paper | |
| Technique | Drawing | |
| Material & technique note | Yellow and grey washes. | |
| Medium |
Ink Pen Wash |
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| Measurements |
Height (mm) : 391 Width (mm) : 290 |
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| Inscription | Type: | Numbering |
| Script: | Handwritten | |
| Language: | English | |
| Note: | In pencil. Objects are numbered one to six. | |
| Inscription | Type: | Information/Description Reference(s) |
| Script: | Handwritten | |
| Location: | Bottom | |
| Language: | English | |
| Text: | "A Collection of Bronze figures, of the Size of the Drawings, found in the Cabinet of the late Revd. Mr Betham Fellow of Eton College, and apprehended to be taken from a Tomb-Stone, of the age of William the Conqueror. see Ants. Journal 1941 p. 161. Gents 1833 Vol II p. 305. Similar to the above Engraved in the Gents Magazine. | |
| Note: | Bibliographic references are written in pencil. | |
| Bibliography | Antiquaries Journal 21 (1941): 161. Illustrations, pl. XXXII, opp. p. 160; pl. XXXIII, between pp. 160 and 161. A note by T D Kendrick. He refers to the rediscovery of the drawing when a selection of books for wartime evacuation was being made at the Society of Antiquaries of London. English Romanesque Art, 1066-1200: Hayward Gallery, London, 5 April - 8 July 1984 (London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984), p. 242-3, no. 234. Illustration of this drawing (Photograph), p. 243, no. 234. Gentleman's Magazine 103 (1833): 305-6. Illustration, pl. II, opp. p. 305. T D Kendrick, 'The Temple Pyx', Antiquaries Journal 16 (1936): 51-4. | |
| Subject |
Angels Armour Bronze Figures (Representations) Knights Men Plaques Pyxes Sculpture (Visual Works) Shields (Armour) Soldiers |
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| People/Corporate Bodies |
Betham, Edward, Rev Burrell Collection Kendrick, T D Pitt-Rivers, Augustus Henry Lane-Fox |
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| Place |
Burrell Collection City of London England Europe Greater London London Temple Church United Kingdom |
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| Date |
12th century : Mid Medieval Romanesque | |
| Collection | Early Medieval Antiquities | |
| Category |
Drawings Metalwork Sculpture |
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