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The antiquities of Herculaneum (1773)

Baiardi, Ottavio Antonio, 1694-1764, Martyn, Thomas, 1735-1825, Lettice, John, 1737-1832, Bannerman, Alexander, fl. 1730-1780, Lamborn, Peter Spendelowe, 1722-1774, Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, Leacroft, S. (Samuel), -1795, Accademia ercolanese di archeologia (Naples, Italy) · London : Printed for S. Leacroft ... · leaf 215

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g herfelf.And this calls to mind what Curtius fays, v. 1. § 38. that in Perfia the women cameinto the banquets modeftly drelfed ; as the entertainment proceeded, they began totake off the outward garments and to profane modefty ; at length, growing warmwith wine, they ftripped themfelves entirely… … [ 83 ] PLATE XIX. W f s1 H E young female reprefented in this piece, may vieI with the preceding in every refpecl:. Equally beauti-ful and delicate are the lineaments of the countenance : thehair is light, and the very thin garments [2] yellow, whofetranfparent drapery rather veils than conceals…

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