Mural from Pompeii
Date
1880
Creator
C. F. Kell (British) , Lithographer
After
David Mossman (1825 - 1901, British) , Miniaturist
Object type
Library reference
28424
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 316mm
width (print): 250 mm
width (print): 250 mm
Subject
Description
Fragment of a Roman wall painting from Pompeii, Italy. Part of an interior scene, featuring a bearded male figure holding a staff, with a pillar and table behind.
Plate VII in the book A descriptive catalogue of antiquities, chiefly British, at Alnwick Castle, by John Collingwood Bruce (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1880). Inscribed above: ‘PLATE VII’. Inscribed below: ’MURAL PAINTING IN FRESCO, FROM POMPEII. [D. Mossman] Delt. C.F. Kell Lith.’
A note on the plate described this as; ‘a sturdy male figure; he is probably a priest, though the absence of a wreath around his head may be noticed. He is draped in a yellow tunic and a pale purple pallium; he wears sandals fastened with straps across the instep. He holds a thyrsus in his left hand, tipped with a fir cone and adorned with a red streamer…’.
John Collingwood Bruce (1805-1892) British antiquary.
Plate VII in the book A descriptive catalogue of antiquities, chiefly British, at Alnwick Castle, by John Collingwood Bruce (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1880). Inscribed above: ‘PLATE VII’. Inscribed below: ’MURAL PAINTING IN FRESCO, FROM POMPEII. [D. Mossman] Delt. C.F. Kell Lith.’
A note on the plate described this as; ‘a sturdy male figure; he is probably a priest, though the absence of a wreath around his head may be noticed. He is draped in a yellow tunic and a pale purple pallium; he wears sandals fastened with straps across the instep. He holds a thyrsus in his left hand, tipped with a fir cone and adorned with a red streamer…’.
John Collingwood Bruce (1805-1892) British antiquary.
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