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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 260

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and a wreath of flowersround his temples. He leans on a naked Satyr, while another Satyris occupied in removing his sandals. Icarus is seated near Dionysuson a couch, which is covered by a lions skin; and near thecouch is a tripod, on which is a drinking cup with fruit and cakes ;at the foot of the… … oM fcJD a au « Satyr is decorating with festoons of flowers. This bas-relief isvery interesting from the architectural representation it gives us.The subject on it was a favourite one, and has often been representedby the ancients. The next is a bas-relief divided into three compartments,…

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