Tesselated Pavement Found in Dyer Street Cirencester Sep: Ad. MDCCCXLIX. with Part of the Under Structure. [&] Tesselated Pavement Found in Dyer Street Cirencester August 1849.
Drawn on Stone & Printed by J. Beauchamp, Cirencester. [&] Drawn on Stone, Printed & Published by J. Beauchamp, Park S.t Cirencester. [n.d., c.1849]
Two scarce & fine coloured lithographs. Printed areas 330 x 320mm (13 x 12½) & 300 x 290mm (11¾ x 11½"), large margins.
Two rare lithographs locally published recording the 2nd century Roman mosaics dug up when excavating new sewers in Dyer Street. The first features heads representing three of the Four Seasons and an illustration of Greek hero Actaeon, transformed into a stag by Artemis and being killed by his own dogs. The second has the head of Medusa, hunting dogs, dragons and geometric patterns. Both are now in the Corinium Museum.
[Ref: 67939] £520.00
Two scarce & fine coloured lithographs. Printed areas 330 x 320mm (13 x 12½) & 300 x 290mm (11¾ x 11½"), large margins.
Two rare lithographs locally published recording the 2nd century Roman mosaics dug up when excavating new sewers in Dyer Street. The first features heads representing three of the Four Seasons and an illustration of Greek hero Actaeon, transformed into a stag by Artemis and being killed by his own dogs. The second has the head of Medusa, hunting dogs, dragons and geometric patterns. Both are now in the Corinium Museum.
[Ref: 67939] £520.00