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- Title
THOMAS TELFORD THE ARCHAEOLOGIST.
- Authors
Turner, Rick
- Abstract
Three watercolours painted by Thomas Telford survive within the Society's archives. Two of these watercolours are a plan and sections of an excavation of a Roman bath suite, supervised by Telford at Wroxeter, and the third is an elevation of the medieval Mardol gate over the Welsh bridge, Shrewsbury. The paintings provide an insight into his interest in archaeology and ancient buildings whilst practising as an architect in Shropshire, before he began his engineering career. Further, their deposition helps confirm the standing of the Society at the time, as the place where important archaeological discoveries from across the country were brought to public attention, and how it acted as an archive for their primary records.
- Subjects
ENGLAND; TELFORD, Thomas; HISTORICAL archaeology; ROMAN baths; WATERCOLOR painting; ROMAN antiquities in Great Britain; ANTIQUITIES
- Publication
Antiquaries Journal, 2008, Vol 88, p365
- ISSN
0003-5815
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0003581500001475