Pompeiana : the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii : the result of excavations since 1819 (1835)
Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836, Uwins, Thomas, 1782-1857, Beever, W. A, Moses, Henry, 1782?-1870, Tingle, James, fl. 1824-1850, Havell, Daniel, d. 1826?, Havell, Frederick James, 1801-1840, Kelsall, W, Henshall, J., fl. 1828-1850, Varrall, J. C, Allen, James Baylis, 1803-1876, Winkles, B, Starling, Schmollinger, W, Smollenger, Kernott, J. H, Higham, Thomas, 1796-1844, Gladwin, George, fl. 1821-1838, Faithorn, E, Fisher, S, Fenner, Sears & Co · London : Lewis A. Lewis · leaf 121
edent figure which might have been takenfor a personification of the majesty of Rome ;but it has a dish of fruit in one hand, and asort of Bacchic rod in the other. Near it isa Mars, with his spear and shield. The interior of the cell has probablybeen covered with a thin coating of marble,which had… … H (« H u M ■ f^ THE PLATES. 75 easily detached and transported ; and, ac-cordingly, there are few instances of theirremaining, except in sufficient quantity toprove their former existence. Possibly the niche at the end might havecontained a statue of Augustus, with theglobe in his hand, as…
Architecture, Roman
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