Duke of Wellington column

Date

1960s-1980s

Collection

Central Lettering Record

Creator(s)

Alan Bartram

Code

CLR.2023.841.M

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License

Creative Commons

Lettering shown on a commemorative stone column, three-dimensional stock letters individually mounted, capital serif high contrast letterforms, including date IN ROMAN NUMERALS (1817), reading ’THIS COLUMN ERECTED IN THE YEAR MDCCCXVII IN HONOUR OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS DUKE OF WELLINGTON BY THE GRATEFUL CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE COUNTY MEATH’.

Location: Trim, Ireland

Alan Bartram Photographic print Graphic design