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LOT 0972

Archaeologist's Photograph Album

1920S A.D. AND EARLIER

10 3/8 x 8 in. (2.03 kg, 26.3 x 20.5 cm).

Containing numerous original photographs of archaeological digs, found artefacts, etc, including digs at Roman sites such as Hadrian's Wall, Colchester, Templeborough, Silchester, Viroconium, Mancunium, Wilderspool and Holt and published images from the Ny Carlsberg Glyptek, Copenhagen; mostly with handwritten identification; with a photograph of the archaeologist T. May M.A. F.S.A. at Richborough and dated 1926 and Wilderspool - possibly the owner of the book; a rare archive of the 1920s British archaeology. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Acquired on the English art market circa 2017.
Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.

Footnotes

The Roman furnaces at Wilderspool were excavated in 1905; the photographs are consistent in their appearance with that date.

CONDITION

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LOT 0972

Archaeologist's Photograph Album

Sold for (Inc. bp): £845

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