Inside Out Library · Explore

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 226

An illustration from 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, leaf 226
ht foot is a panther; in her left hand a bunchof grapes; and in her right a staff, which rests upon her shoulder.It has been supposed, from the grave composure of this figure, thatit is intended to represent Ariadne. This statue has been slightlyrestored. The nose and both arms are partially… … JlilJl.U.Mll. T. 12. Artemis T. 11.—Isis. TOWXELEY SCULPTURES. 209 T. 33 is a very elegant statue of Thalia, the Miise of Comedyand of idyllic poetry. Her head is crowned by a chaplet of ivy ;she wears sandals, and has her usual attribute, the pedum or pas-toral crook. This statue is of the size of…

British Museum · Art, Ancient · Antiquities

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

More pictures from 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

More like this