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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 253

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sister, Leto and Artemis, the fornior holding in her lefthand the offering which has been made, and wliich Mr. Combeconjectures to have been frankincense. Beneath these figures is aGreek inscription, containing the vestiges of two verses written in acolumnar form, mentioning the name of Apollo, and… … 236 TOWNELEY SCULPTURES. side a female figure is feeding a serpent, which is entwined round thetree to which the trophy is attached. Behind the warrior is hishorse and an attendant, whose head only is visible. Above and belowthe monument is a Greek inscription, recording the names of severalpersons…

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