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 197
cept the cisterns forwashing and dyeing, little that is worthy ofremark. Plate L. represents a fountain, atan angle in the court of this edifice, differentfrom those yet observed either in the streetsor private houses. It is placed between twosquare piers, and consists in an elegantlyshaped tazza,… … etxiJvK.Ucf-r.^ Printed cv ?<^ira.«r. Sesrs -TLotert Jcnniiigs &W3!liaiii fOi.^ THE PLATES. 123 projections serve to conceal certain pipeswhich spouted water into the basin. Thefigure upon the pilaster, too small to beclearly represented in this view, is of Venus.On the other pilaster is a…
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