Talk:Robert Wood (antiquarian)

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Misleading Disambiguation

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Anyone know why this article was titled "Robert Wood (engraver)"? He was many things in his career but one thing Robert Wood was definitely not is an engraver. So far as we know, he never wielded a burin in his life and in his journals of the Levantine trip (now in the IHR, Senate House, London) he makes it clear he was no draftsman either. Borra did all the drawings while Dawkins and Wood did the measuring.

A much better clarification for this article would be "Robert Wood (antiquarian)" since that was the capacity in which he was best known during his own lifetime (and for which he was commemorated on his tomb in Putney cemetary).

Just for the record, the engravings for the 'Palmyra' and 'Baalbek' volumes were done by a small group of specialist engravers including Thomas Major, Pierre Fourdrinier and J. Muller, based on watercolour plates prepared by Borra (which now in the RIBA early drawings collection in London). StuartLondon (talk) 13:28, 7 February 2011 (UTC)Reply

Just a note that the photograph purporting to be of Robert Wood's tomb in Putney Old Burial Ground is actually that of novelist Harriet Thomson. Wood's tomb is nearby and a photograph can be supplied, if only I knew how to do it! (Philip J Evison, 7 May 2016) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Philip J Evison (talk • contribs) 14:10, 7 May 2016 (UTC)Reply

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