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Monuments of Greek and Roman architecture.

From Bilder-Atlas zum Conversations-Lexikon : Geschichte der Baukunst (plates to the history of achitecture section of the Conversations-Lexikon, AKA Brockhaus Enzyklopädie), Published by Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1888.

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Monuments of Greek and Roman architecture.

From Bilder-Atlas zum Conversations-Lexikon : Geschichte der Baukunst (plates to the history of achitecture section of the Conversations-Lexikon, AKA Brockhaus Enzyklopädie), Published by Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1888.

(Source: archive.org)

Saturday, January 14, 2012
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Cassandra and Bellerophon on the point of being conducted to the nuptial couch.

Thomas Kirk, from Outlines from the figures and compositions upon the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan vases of the late Sir William Hamilton with engraved borders, by William Hamilton (?), London, 1804.

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Cassandra and Bellerophon on the point of being conducted to the nuptial couch.

Thomas Kirk, from Outlines from the figures and compositions upon the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan vases of the late Sir William Hamilton with engraved borders, by William Hamilton (?), London, 1804.

(Source: archive.org)

Wednesday, November 30, 2011
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Banquet in honor of Venus.

Thomas Kirk, from Outlines from the figures and compositions upon the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan vases of the late Sir William Hamilton with engraved borders, by William Hamilton (?), London, 1804.

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Banquet in honor of Venus.

Thomas Kirk, from Outlines from the figures and compositions upon the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan vases of the late Sir William Hamilton with engraved borders, by William Hamilton (?), London, 1804.

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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
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Genius bearing a patera with indications of the sun, or Apollo. 

Thomas Kirk, from Outlines from the figures and compositions upon the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan vases of the late Sir William Hamilton with engraved borders, by William Hamilton (?), London, 1804.

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Genius bearing a patera with indications of the sun, or Apollo.

Thomas Kirk, from Outlines from the figures and compositions upon the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan vases of the late Sir William Hamilton with engraved borders, by William Hamilton (?), London, 1804.

(Source: archive.org)

Wednesday, November 30, 2011
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A festival in honor of Bacchus.

Thomas Kirk, from Outlines from the figures and compositions upon the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan vases of the late Sir William Hamilton with engraved borders, by William Hamilton (?), London, 1804.

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A festival in honor of Bacchus.

Thomas Kirk, from Outlines from the figures and compositions upon the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan vases of the late Sir William Hamilton with engraved borders, by William Hamilton (?), London, 1804.

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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
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Two females figures with symbols of the sun and the moon.

Thomas Kirk, from Outlines from the figures and compositions upon the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan vases of the late Sir William Hamilton with engraved borders, by William Hamilton (?), London, 1804.

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Two females figures with symbols of the sun and the moon.

Thomas Kirk, from Outlines from the figures and compositions upon the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan vases of the late Sir William Hamilton with engraved borders, by William Hamilton (?), London, 1804.

(Source: archive.org)

Wednesday, November 30, 2011
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Iphigenia is informed of the death of Agamemnon.

Thomas Kirk, from Outlines from the figures and compositions upon the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan vases of the late Sir William Hamilton with engraved borders, by William Hamilton (?), London, 1804.

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Iphigenia is informed of the death of Agamemnon.

Thomas Kirk, from Outlines from the figures and compositions upon the Greek, Roman, and Etruscan vases of the late Sir William Hamilton with engraved borders, by William Hamilton (?), London, 1804.

(Source: archive.org)

Wednesday, November 30, 2011
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Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, also known as the Lantern of Demosthenes, near the Acropolis.

From Spamers illustrierte Weltgeschichte (Spamer’s illustrated history of the world) vol. 1, by O. Kaemmel and R. Sturmhoefel, Leipzig, 1893.

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Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, also known as the Lantern of Demosthenes, near the Acropolis.

From Spamers illustrierte Weltgeschichte (Spamer’s illustrated history of the world) vol. 1, by O. Kaemmel and R. Sturmhoefel, Leipzig, 1893.

(Source: archive.org)

Wednesday, October 19, 2011