| RefNo | CLP/16/54/2 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Figures, stamp and imprint by Cromwell Mortimer |
| Date | [1738] |
| Description | Two figures showing the handle and underside of a small brass stamp described by Mortimer in the accompanying paper. These are accompanied by a print produced by the stamp, reading 'CICAELILI [] HERMIAE . SN', which Mortimer translates as 'Caii Julii Caecili, Hermiae Signum'.
Subject: Antiquities / Printing
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The description of an antique metal stamp, in the collection of his Grace Charles Duke of Richmond, Lenox and Aubigny, F. R. S. &c. being one of the instances, how near the Romans had arrived to the art of printing; with some remarks by C. Mortimer, M. D. fellow of the College of Physicians, and Secr. R. S. Lond' |
| Language | Latin |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Drawing |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1737.0066 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8055 | Mortimer; Cromwell (c 1699 - 1752) | c 1699 - 1752 |