King, C. W. (Charles William), 1818-1888 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 24
mersed in deep thought, in front of the DelphicTripod. Antique paste, from a lost original, of most delicate Greek workmanship, firstpublished, with due commendation of its merit, by Winckclmann in his MonimentiIncditi. Now at Berlin, but another from the same mould, and equally antique,is in the… … INTRODUCTION. In the gems that have been worn by any civilized people, we possessan epitome of that peoples arts, their religion, and their civilization, ina form at once the most portable, the most indestructible, and the mostgenuine. The recommendations of the study, to facilitate which is…
Gems · Rings · Classical antiquities · Art, Ancient
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