The historic gallery of portraits and paintings; or, Biographical review: (1807)
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ackground. The cyclops and the cupids that accompanyVenus might likewise have presented a more happy con-trast. The goddess is without grace, and her expressionconstrained. With respect to Vulcan, he does not appearto experience any of those amorous transports describedby the poet. These two… … CAMILLUS. STATUE BY BRIDAN THE YOUNGER. Marcus Furius Camillus was one of the most ce-lebrated generals of the Roman republic, named Dic-tator. He captured the city of Veis, which the Romanshad fruitlessly besieged for ten years. At the siege of Fa-lisci, which he afterwards undertook, he…
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