Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii (1875)
Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836, Gandy, John P. (John Peter), 1787-1850, Heath, Charles, 1785-1848 · London : Chatto and Windus · leaf 321
obe more transparent. Neptunes drapery isblue : that of Mercury and Vulcan red. From an inscription found upon the wall of the great passage inthe baths of Titus at Rome, it appears that this mode ofpreventing nuisance was necessary in the interior of suchbuildings; though the names of the gods… … VIGNETTES. The Puteal forming the subject of the vignette at the head ofthe Preface, is explained pages 130, 131. The six following vignettes are one fourth the scale of the ori-ginal pictures, of which twelve, painted upon dark grounds, werefound, together with thirteen pieces of less merit,…
Architecture, Roman
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