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Outlines from the figures and compositions upon the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan vases of the late Sir William Hamilton; with engraved borders (1804)

Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-1803, Kirk, Thomas, 1765?-1797 · London, W. Miller · leaf 172

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lds in her hand a symbolof Venus in the form of a fan, marks the power of thatgoddess, who confines Hercules in the train of Omphale,and obliges him to wear a dress so little suited to hischaracter. It is scarcely necessary to expatiate on the beauty ofthis design; its superior merit is a… … [ 37 ] different dresses, prescribed by their religion. They havethe crown and the toga, and their feet are bare, and with-out sandals. The figure on the right is the person onwhose account the ceremony is undertaken, as is evidentfrom the branch of laurel or olive, which he holds in hisleft hand.…

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