Inside Out Library · Explore

Engraved gems; their history and place in art, in which is embodied the author's former treatise, with extensive revisions and additions; reminiscences of travels in the pursuit and acquisition of engraved gems ... to which is added a descriptive list of the author's cabinet of gems, forming a compend of Greek and Roman classics and antiquities .. (1889)

Sommerville, Maxwell, 1829-1904 · Philadelphia, M. Sommerville · leaf 330

An illustration from Engraved gems; their history and place in art, in which is embodied the author's former treatise, with extensive revisions and additions; reminiscences of travels in the pursuit and acquisition of engraved gems ... to which is added a descriptive list of the author's cabinet of gems, forming a compend of Greek and Roman classics and antiquities .., 1889, leaf 330
butAchilles, who had been attracted by the sword and shield,threw aside his disguise, seized tlu anus, and assumed anattitude of defence. Having thus been discovered, Achilles,who lonoed for o-lor\, soon vielded to their entreaties andjoined the princes. The cameo seems to represent Ulyssesdragging… … THE OLD-LADY ANTIQUARY AT KOSKILDE. GENERAL DEALERS. 32o ^^laking- one of my ainiunl visits to an old dealer in his])nvate apartments in Copenhagen, he, having been advisedof \n\ arrival in the city, among other things displayed inhis little mnseixm an intaglio in Egyptian jaspt-r \\\t\\ oneof…

Gems · Classical antiquities

Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from Engraved gems; their history and place in art, in which is embodied the author's former treatise, with extensive revisions and additions; reminiscences of travels in the pursuit and acquisition of engraved gems ... to which is added a descriptive list of the author's cabinet of gems, forming a compend of Greek and Roman classics and antiquities ..

More like this