- Title
- [Figure of Mercury found at Colchester].
- Publication details
- [before 1749]
- Physical details
- 1 drawing : pen and brown ink ; sheet 12.3 x 8.7 cm
- Description
- A line drawing in brown ink depicting a small statue of Mercury found in Colchester. Inscribed 'Colchester. Frinis[?] Geo: Holmes Gen: Talman Delin' in black ink in the lower left-hand corner. Bears a pencil sketch of an architectural motif on verso.
- Place
- Colchester (England)
- Additional information
- This drawing depicts a small Roman statue of Mercury found at Colchester in the early eighteenth century. The inscription on the drawing reads 'Colchester. Penes Geo: Holmes Gen: Talman Delin'. A print which also depicts the sculpture is at Maps K.Top.13.14.l. and reads 'this figure of Mercury was found at Colchester and is now in the Custody of Mr George Holmes Deputy Keeper of the Records in the Tower of LONDON'. George Holmes (1661/2
- Other persons
- Talman, John, 1677-1726, artist.
- Shelfmark
- Maps K.Top.13.14.k.