Reconstruction sketch depicting the street frontage of a Roman or Romano-British butcher's shop. The butcher is helping a customer select meats from the display, while an assistant chops a joint of meat with a cleaver in the adjacent workshop.

Date:
2005
Reference:
IC159/007
Type:
Drawing (Digital)
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Description

This appears to be a preliminary version of another painting held in this set, IC159/001, which was reproduced as colour plate 7 in the 1996 English Heritage publication entitled 'Life in Roman Britain', by Joan Alcock.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC159 Roman Britain; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Dobie, Judith

Keywords

Roman Butchers Shop, Trade And Commerce, Food And Drink