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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 for the Society of Antiquaries of London were important figures that oversaw the creation of plates for the volumes of 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
1
2. Coins, Medals, and Seals
1718
3. Castles, Palaces, Gates, and Crosses
I / I / IV / V
4. Abbeys; Churches and Chapels;
Tombs and Shrines; Fonts and Windows.
6
5. Portraits
Roman numeral represents
the Fenn Index for a plate
produced in the given year.
1724
6. Historic Prints and Processions
Director
III / III / IV
V
1721
7. Plans, Maps, and Miscellaneous Prints
1718
III / VII
John Talman
I / I / IV / V
1725
1720
1723
III / III
III
II / IV
IV / IV / IV
IV
1727
1732
1729
1738
IV
1734
III / III
1736
II / II / II / II
II / II
IV / I / I / I
II / II
III / II
1735
V
III
William Bogdani
1726
1731
1733
V / II / II
VI / VI / VI / VI
VI / VI
1730
1739
III / III / III
1737
I
II / II
III / I / I
1741
I / II / II / II
III / II
Charles Frederick
1740
I
1744
1746
1742
VII / VII
VII
Thomas Birch
V
VII
1743
III / I
1747
John Ward
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 for the Society of Antiquaries of London were important figures that oversaw the creation of plates for the volumes of 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
1
2. Coins, Medals, and Seals
1718
3. Castles, Palaces, Gates, and Crosses
I / I / IV / V
4. Abbeys; Churches and Chapels;
Tombs and Shrines; Fonts and Windows.
6
5. Portraits
Roman numeral represents
the Fenn Index for a plate
produced in the given year.
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
1723
1723
IV / IV / IV
IV
1724
1724
III / III / IV
V
1725
1725
III / III
III
1726
1726
VI / VI / VI / VI
VI / VI
1727
1727
IV
1728
1729
1729
II / II / II / II
II / II
1730
1730
I
1731
1731
V / II / II
1732
1732
III / 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 / I / I
II / II
1739
1739
II / II
1740
1740
I
1741
1741
I / II / II / II
III / II
1742
1742
VII
1743
1743
III / I
1744
1744
VII / VII
VII
1745
1746
1746
V
1747
1747
V
Vetusta Monumenta Vol. 1 plates ordered by director
The directors for the Society of Antiquaries of London were important figures that oversaw the creation of plates for the volumes of 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
III / III / IV
V
1721
1718
III / VII
I / I / IV / V
1725
1720
1723
III / III
III
II / IV
IV / IV / IV
IV
William Bogdani
1727
1739
1737
IV
1734
II / II
1729
III / I / I
1732
III / II
II / II / II / II
II / II
III / III
1733
1726
1736
1738
1731
III / III / III
VI / VI / VI / VI
VI / VI
V
1730
IV / I / I / I
II / II
V / II / II
I
1735
III
Legend
Charles Frederick
Plate Count
1741
1
6
I / II / II / II
III / II
1740
I
Year
1718
I / I / IV / V
Thomas Birch
Roman numeral represents
the Fenn Index for a plate
produced in the given year.
1744
1746
1742
VII / VII
VII
V
VII
Fenn Index
1743
1. Antiquities
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 for the Society of Antiquaries of London were important figures that oversaw the creation of plates for the volumes of 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
1
2. Coins, Medals, and Seals
1718
3. Castles, Palaces, Gates, and Crosses
I / I / IV / V
4. Abbeys; Churches and Chapels;
Tombs and Shrines; Fonts and Windows.
7
5. Portraits
Roman numeral represents
the Fenn Index for a plate
produced in the given year.
6. Historic Prints and Processions
1754
1752
1756
7. Plans, Maps, and Miscellaneous Prints
III
I
Director
II / VI / I / III
1757
1755
1747
I
IV / IV
John Ward
VII / VII
1758
1750
1753
II
V / III / II
III / III / III
1751
III
1765
John Taylor
I / I / III / III
1763
I
1768
1770
Greogry Sharpe
VI
V
1767
1769
III
III
1789
1784
IV / IV / IV / IV
IV / IV / IV / IV
IV / III / III
IV / IV
1780
Richard Gough
IV / IV / IV / IV
IV / IV / IV
1786
III / IV/ IV
III / III
1788
I / I
1747
1750
1755
1760
1765
1770
1775
1780
1785
1790
Vetusta Monumenta Vol. 2 plates ordered by director
The directors for the Society of Antiquaries of London were important figures that oversaw the creation of plates for the volumes of 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 / VII
1750
1750
V / III / II
1751
III
1752
II / VI / I / III
1753
III / III / III
1754
III
1755
1755
IV / IV
1756
I
1757
I
1758
II
1760
1763
I
1765
1765
I / I / III / III
1767
III
1768
VI
1769
III
1770
Legend
1770
V
Plate Count
1
6
1775
Year
1718
1780
I / I / IV / V
1780
IV / IV / IV / IV
IV / IV / IV
Roman numeral represents
the Fenn Index for a plate
produced in the given year.
1784
IV / IV
Fenn Index
1785
1786
1. Antiquities
III / IV/ IV
III / III
2. Coins, Medals, and Seals
3. Castles, Palaces, Gates, and Crosses
1788
I / I
1789
4. Abbeys; Churches and Chapels;
Tombs and Shrines; Fonts and Windows.
IV / IV / IV / IV
IV / IV / IV / IV
IV / III / III
1790
5. Portraits
6. Historic Prints and Processions
7. Plans, Maps, and Miscellaneous Prints
Vetusta Monumenta Vol. 1 plates ordered by director
The directors for the Society of Antiquaries of London were important figures that oversaw the creation of plates for the volumes of 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 / VI / I / III
1757
1755
1747
I
IV / IV
VII / VII
1758
1750
1753
II
V / III / II
III / III / III
1751
III
Legend
John Taylor
Plate Count
1
6
1765
I / I / III / III
1763
Year
I
1718
I / I / IV / V
Greogry Sharpe
Roman numeral represents
the Fenn Index for a plate
produced in the given year.
Fenn Index
1. Antiquities
1768
1770
VI
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 / IV
1788
I / I
1780
1789
IV / IV / IV / IV
IV / IV / IV
IV / IV / IV / IV
IV / IV / IV / IV
IV / III / III
1786
III / IV/ IV
III / 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.