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 231
s dogs, the horns of astag on his forehead indicating that he was just on the point ofbeing metamorphosed. Two of his dogs, Melampus and Ichno-bates, are in the act of seizing upon him, and his body is thrownback in an attitude denoting terror. The skin of a lion is over hisshoulders, and his right… … T. 30.—Laughing Satyr. T. 1.—Bacchus and Ampelus. 214 TOW^ELEY SCULPTUKES. portions of the group have been restored. The head is antique, butit stcms doubtful whether it originally belonged to this statue. The last groups which we shall describe separatel}^, and at anylength, are two, the subjects…
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