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Pompeiana : the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii, the result of excavations since 1819 (1837)

Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836 · London : Lewis A. Lewis · leaf 108

An illustration from Pompeiana : the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii, the result of excavations since 1819, 1837, leaf 108
of the god uponone of the walls. The subject, if it may be judged by thespear in the hand of the female and theattendant cupids, is that of Mars and Yenus,whose face, nevertheless, is by no meansbeautiful. It is possible that, during thatperiod of the universal decline of pagansuperstition, which…

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