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The directors, engravers and delineators of Vetusta Monumenta
Hover over each bubble to see a small tooltip with year-by-year production details. Click on the bubble for a detailed list of the plates produced that year, with links. Use the drop-down menu to select one of the following groups, whose names will appear on the left: the directors of the Society of Antiquaries of London who supervised the production of the plates; the engravers who engraved them; and the artists who made the drawings on which the engravings are based.
Vetusta Monumenta Vol. 1 plates ordered by director
Legend
Fenn Index
Plate Count
Year
The directors of the Society of Antiquaries of London were important figures who oversaw the creation of plates in Vetusta Monumenta. The plates within Volume 1 were overseen by five different directors. Here, the plates are organized by the director and the year of creation. John Fenn, a member of the society, would later classify all the plates of Volume 1 using seven different categories. The specific classification for each plate is provided in the coinciding year.
1. Antiquities (British, Roman, Saxon, Danish)
1
1718
2. Coins, Medals, and Seals
I / I / IV / V
3. Castles, Palaces, Gates, and Crosses
4. Abbeys; Churches and Chapels;
Tombs and Shrines; Fonts and Windows.
6
A roman numeral represents the Fenn Index for a plate produced in the given year. Plate sets are represented by one roman numeral.
5. Portraits
1724
6. Historic Prints and Processions
Director
III / IV / IV
1721
7. Plans, Maps, and Miscellaneous Prints
1718
III / VII
1731
John Talman
Plates 1.1-1.20
V
I / I / IV / V
1725
1720
1722
III
II / IV
IV
1727
1732
1729
1738
IV
1734
III
1736
II
IV / I / II
III / II
1735
V
William Bogdani
Plates 1.21-1.56
III
1726
1731
1733
II
VI
1730
1739
III / III / III
1737
I
II / II
III / I / I
1741
Charles Frederick
Plates 1.57-1.62
II / III / II
1740
I
1744
1746
1742
Thomas Birch
Plates 1.58-1.69
VII
V
VII
1743
III / I
John Ward
Plate 1.70
1747
V
1718
1719
1720
1721
1722
1723
1724
1725
1726
1727
1728
1729
1730
1731
1732
1733
1734
1735
1736
1737
1738
1739
1740
1741
1742
1743
1744
1745
1746
1747
Vetusta Monumenta Vol. 1 plates ordered by director
The directors of the Society of Antiquaries of London were important figures who oversaw the creation of plates in Vestusta Monumenta. The plates within Volume 1 were overseen by five different directors. Here, the plates are organized by the director and the year of creation. John Fenn, a member of the society, would later classify all the plates of Volume 1 using seven different categories. The specific classification for each plate is provided in the coinciding year.
Legend
Fenn Index
Plate Count
Year
1. Antiquities (British, Roman, Saxon, Danish)
1
2. Coins, Medals, and Seals
1718
I / I / IV / V
3. Castles, Palaces, Gates, and Crosses
4. Abbeys; Churches and Chapels;
Tombs and Shrines; Fonts and Windows.
6
A roman numeral represents the Fenn Index for a plate produced in the given year. Plate sets are represented by one roman numeral.
5. Portraits
6. Historic Prints and Processions
7. Plans, Maps, and Miscellaneous Prints
Director
John
Ward
Thomas
Birch
Charles
Frederick
William
Bogdani
John Talman
1718
1718
I / I / IV / V
1719
1720
1720
II / IV
1721
1721
III / VII
1722
1722
IV
1723
1724
1724
III / IV / IV
1725
1725
III
1726
1726
VI
1727
1727
IV
1728
1729
1729
II
1730
1730
I
1731
1731
1731
V
II
1732
1732
III
1733
1733
III / III / III
1734
1734
III / II
1735
1735
III
1736
1736
V
1737
1737
III / I / I
1738
1738
IV / I / II
1739
1739
II / II
1740
1740
I
1741
1741
II / III / II
1742
1742
VII
1743
1743
III / I
1744
1744
VII
1745
1746
1746
V
1747
1747
V
Vetusta Monumenta Vol. 1 plates ordered by director
The directors of the Society of Antiquaries of London were important figures who oversaw the creation of plates in Vestusta Monumenta. The plates within Volume 1 were overseen by five different directors. Here, the plates are organized by the director and the year of creation. John Fenn, a member of the society, would later classify all the plates of Volume 1 using seven different categories. The classification for each plate is provided in the coinciding year.
John Talman
1724
1731
III / IV / IV
V
1721
1718
III / VII
I / I / IV / V
1725
1720
1722
III
II / IV
IV
William Bogdani
1727
1739
1737
IV
1734
II / II
1729
III / I / I
1732
III / II
II
III
1733
1726
1736
1738
1731
III / III / III
VI
V
1730
IV / I / II
II
I
1735
III
Legend
Charles Frederick
Plate Count
1741
1
6
II / III / II
1740
I
Year
1718
I / I / IV / V
Thomas Birch
A roman numeral represents the Fenn Index for a plate produced in the given year. Plate sets are represented by one roman numeral.
1744
1746
1742
VII
V
VII
Fenn Index
1743
1. Antiquities (British, Roman, Saxon, Danish)
III / I
2. Coins, Medals, and Seals
3. Castles, Palaces, Gates, and Crosses
4. Abbeys; Churches and Chapels;
Tombs and Shrines; Fonts and Windows.
John Ward
5. Portraits
6. Historic Prints and Processions
1747
V
7. Plans, Maps, and Miscellaneous Prints
Vetusta Monumenta Vol. 2 plates ordered by director
Legend
Fenn Index
Plate Count
Year
The directors of the Society of Antiquaries of London were important figures who oversaw the creation of plates in Vetusta Monumenta. The plates within Volume 2 were overseen by four different directors. Here, the plates are organized by the director and the year of creation. John Fenn, a member of the society, would later classify most plates in Volume 2 using seven different categories. We classified the remaining plates. The specific classification for each plate is provided in the coinciding year.
1. Antiquities (British, Roman, Saxon, Danish)
1
2. Coins, Medals, and Seals
1718
I / I / IV / V
3. Castles, Palaces, Gates, and Crosses
4. Abbeys; Churches and Chapels;
Tombs and Shrines; Fonts and Windows.
6
A roman numeral represents the Fenn Index for a plate produced in the given year. Plate sets are represented by one roman numeral.
5. Portraits
6. Historic Prints and Processions
1754
1752
1756
7. Plans, Maps, and Miscellaneous Prints
III
I
Director
II / IV / I / III
1757
1755
1747
I
IV
John Ward
Plates 2.1-2.19
VII
1758
1750
1753
II
V / III / II
III / III / III
1751
III
1765
John Taylor
Plates 2.20-2.24
I / III
1763
I
1768
1770
Greogry Sharpe
Plates 2.25-2.28
IV
V
1767
1769
III
III
1789
1784
IV / IV / IV / III
IV
1780
Richard Gough
Plates 2.29-55 + vol. 3
IV
1786
III / IV / III
1788
I / I
1747
1750
1755
1760
1765
1770
1775
1780
1785
1790
Vetusta Monumenta Vol. 2 plates ordered by director
The directors of the Society of Antiquaries of London were important figures who oversaw the creation of plates in Vetusta Monumenta. The plates within Volume 2 were overseen by four different directors. Here, the plates are organized by the director and the year of creation. John Fenn, a member of the society, would later classify most plates in Volume 2 using seven different categories. We classified the remaining plates. The specific classification for each plate is provided in the coinciding year.
John Ward
Director
Richard Gough
Greogry Sharpe
John Taylor
1747
1747
VII
1750
1750
V / III / II
1751
III
1752
II / IV / I / III
1753
III / III / III
1754
III
1755
1755
IV
1756
I
1757
I
1758
II
1760
1763
I
1765
1765
I / III
1767
III
1768
IV
1769
III
1770
Legend
1770
V
Plate Count
1
6
1775
Year
1718
1780
I / I / IV / V
1780
IV
A roman numeral represents the Fenn Index for a plate produced in the given year. Plate sets are represented by one roman numeral.
1784
IV
Fenn Index
1785
1786
1. Antiquities (British, Roman, Saxon, Danish)
III / IV / III
2. Coins, Medals, and Seals
3. Castles, Palaces, Gates, and Crosses
1788
I / I
4. Abbeys; Churches and Chapels;
Tombs and Shrines; Fonts and Windows.
1789
1790
IV / IV / IV / III
5. Portraits
6. Historic Prints and Processions
7. Plans, Maps, and Miscellaneous Prints
Vetusta Monumenta Vol. 1 plates ordered by director
The directors of the Society of Antiquaries of London were important figures who oversaw the creation of plates in Vestusta Monumenta. The plates within Volume 1 were overseen by five different directors. Here, the plates are organized by the director and the year of creation. John Fenn, a member of the society, would later classify all the plates of Volume 1 using seven different categories. The classification for each plate is provided in the coinciding year.
John Ward
1754
1752
1756
III
I
II / IV / I / III
1757
1755
1747
I
IV
VII
1758
1750
1753
II
V / III / II
III / III / III
1751
III
Legend
John Taylor
Plate Count
1
6
1765
I / III
1763
Year
I
1718
I / I / IV / V
Greogry Sharpe
A roman numeral represents the Fenn Index for a plate produced in the given year. Plate sets are represented by one roman numeral.
Fenn Index
1. Antiquities (British, Roman, Saxon, Danish)
1768
1770
IV
2. Coins, Medals, and Seals
V
1767
1769
3. Castles, Palaces, Gates, and Crosses
III
III
4. Abbeys; Churches and Chapels;
Tombs and Shrines; Fonts and Windows.
5. Portraits
6. Historic Prints and Processions
7. Plans, Maps, and Miscellaneous Prints
Richard Gough
1784
IV
1788
I / I
1780
1789
IV
IV / IV / IV / III
1786
III / IV / III
Volume 1 Findspots
This map shows the findspots of monuments and artifacts depicted in Vetusta Monumenta, vol. 1.
Volume 2 Findspots
This map shows the findspots of monuments and artifacts depicted in Vetusta Monumenta, vol. 2.