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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.

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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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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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Pan-pipes.

After a pen-and-ink sketch by Mabel (Mrs. Percy) Dearmer, from The Savoy vol 3, London, 1896.

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Pan-pipes.

After a pen-and-ink sketch by Mabel (Mrs. Percy) Dearmer, from The Savoy vol 3, London, 1896.

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Saturday, November 12, 2011
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Foot-feather’d Mercury appear’d sublime.

Robert Anning Bell, from Poems by John Keats, London, New York, 1897.

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Foot-feather’d Mercury appear’d sublime.

Robert Anning Bell, from Poems by John Keats, London, New York, 1897.

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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
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Centauress carrying a bacchante on her back.

From Antiquités d’Herculanum (antiquities of Herculaneum) vol. 1, by Tommaso Piroli, Paris, 1804.

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Centauress carrying a bacchante on her back.

From Antiquités d’Herculanum (antiquities of Herculaneum) vol. 1, by Tommaso Piroli, Paris, 1804.

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Friday, August 26, 2011
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Theseus  and the Minotaur.

From Antiquités d’Herculanum (antiquities of Herculaneum) vol. 1, by Tommaso Piroli, Paris, 1804.

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Theseus and the Minotaur.

From Antiquités d’Herculanum (antiquities of Herculaneum) vol. 1, by Tommaso Piroli, Paris, 1804.

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Friday, August 26, 2011
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A silenus trying to kiss Hermaphroditus.

From Antiquités d’Herculanum (antiquities of Herculaneum) vol. 1, by Tommaso Piroli, Paris, 1804.

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A silenus trying to kiss Hermaphroditus.

From Antiquités d’Herculanum (antiquities of Herculaneum) vol. 1, by Tommaso Piroli, Paris, 1804.

(Source: archive.org)

Friday, August 26, 2011