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Handbook to the antiquities in the British Museum : being a description of the remains of Greek, Assyrian, Egyptian and Etruscan art preserved there, with numerous illustrations (1851)

Vaux, W. S. W. (William Sandys Wright), 1818-1885 · London : Murray · leaf 210

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the foot of Mount Vesuvius, where it had been buriedby the lava from that volcano: it was presented to the Museumby Sir William Hamilton. The nose, right car, and a splinter onthe right check are the only restorations which it has received.Another head of Heracles, bequeathed by Mr. Payne…

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