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 305
determined. The square stool on which thefigure sits is covered on three sides with Cuneiform character. Un-liice all the other sculptures as yet discovered in Assyria, this figureis full, and not in relief. Part of the beard is still preserved ; thehands appear to have rested on the knees, and a… … Seated Figure. ( 289 ) EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. INTRODUCTION. Befoek we proceed to the separate description of the Monumentswhich have been procured from Egypt, and whicli now enrich theNational Collection at the British Museum, we propose briefly tolay before our readers an outline of the nature of…
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