- Title
- The PLAN of a ROMAN HYPOCAVST or SUDATORY and BATH, discover'd in the Gardens of Thomas Worsley Esqr at HOVINGHAM in the North RIDING of the County of York. A.D. 1745.
- Creator
- Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker.
- Publication details
- [publisher not identified], 1747.
- Physical details
- 1 print : etching with hand-colouring ; platemark 38.4 x 52.6 cm, on sheet 41.4 x 55 cm
- Description
- Views of two plans with scale bars below, and separate drawings of a hollow brick, pipe, and two pillars; on top right, images of four Roman coins and their reverse sides, surrounded by engraved text in two columns on left and right; after Mitley. Lettered above image with title, followed by discover'd in the gardens of Thomas Worsley Esqr. at Hovingham in the North Riding of the County of York. Ao. D. 1745.", below to left with letters and description of different parts of the plans over 37 lines, and to right with information about Hovingham and the archaeological finds over 38 lines, on bottom of sheet in centre with acknowledgement of the support of Richard Earl of Burlington in producing the print, and date "AD MDCCXLVII", and below with artists' names and name of author of the description: "Car. Mitley Ebor. delineavit. / G. Vertue Lond. sculpsit. / F. Drake Ebor. S.R.S. descripsit."."
- Place
- Hovingham (England)
- Other persons
- Mitley, Charles, 1705-1758, artist.
- Shelfmark
- Maps K.Top.45.50.