This ancient vase was excavated around 1771 by Gavin Hamilton, a Scottish painter, antiquarian and art dealer based in Rome. It was sold to British envoy Sir William Hamilton, who then passed it to his nephew George Greville, second Earl of Warwick. The vase was sold in 1978 and is now part of the Burrell Collection in Glasgow.
This photograph was taken by George Washington Wilson and Company.
Accessioned into the collection of the National Buildings Record on the 4th of September 1953.
This is part of the Series: RBO01/43 Early Photographic Print Collection: Warwickshire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Donor: Davies, E
Photographer: George Washington Wilson And Company
Roman Vase
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