'Plumbago' (graphite) Size:XL: 120 x 80cm Howard Riley

Howard Riley

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'Plumbago' (graphite) Size:XL: 120 x 80cm Howard RileyAn example of 'Plumbago' (graphite). This sample was excavated in Conradsdorf, Saxony. Plate 2 from Fossilium Metalla Et Res Metallicas Concernentium Glebae Suis Coloribus Expressae by Casimir Christoph Schmiedel (Nuremberg, Iohannis Michaelis Seligmanni, 1752). Inscribed, 'Tabula II. J. F. Kiefhaber ad viv. pinx. J. M. Seligmann sculps et excud.' Original: engraving. 1752