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A collection of vintage illustrations, taken from books published between the 18th century and the first quarter of the 20th century. 
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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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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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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Pan-pipes.
After a pen-and-ink sketch by Mabel (Mrs. Percy) Dearmer, from The Savoy vol 3, London, 1896.
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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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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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Theseus and the Minotaur.
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.
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