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 430
fiigy significant of the enemv his ^•outh-ful ardor hopes to subjxigate. Behind the throne the warrior in armor who in an attitudeof exultation holds forth his right hand and arm is supposed tobe Drusus, the brother-in-law of Germanicus; his wife, Livilla,sister of Germanicus, is seated on a chair… … THE CORONATION OF AtGUSTUS. CELEBRATED CAMEOS OF EUROPEAN MUSEUMS. 425 province of Diicia supiilicating- military intervention and assist-ance. Remark the ditierence between the sentiment here ex-pressed and the complete lielplessness and despair of the gmupof captives beh)\v the central snbject.…
Gems · Classical antiquities
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