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Observations upon the antiquities of the town of Herculaneum, discovered at the foot of Mount Vesuvius : with some reflections on the painting and sculpture of the ancients : and a short description of the antiquities in the neighbourhood of Naples (1754)

Bellicard, Jérôme Charles, 1726-1786, Cochin, Charles Nicolas, 1715-1790 · London : Printed for D. Wilson and T. Durham ... · leaf 88

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much in the fame condition.The tripod C, is in the king s apart-ments ; and its ornaments are finifli-cd with great delicacy. The cif-tern is fupported by three wingdfphinxes, which are extremely wellchizzelled. Plate Plate XXIII. reprefents two chan-deliers, A, the ornaments of whichare as well…

Art, Greco-Roman · Vesuvius (Italy) · Herculaneum (Extinct city)

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