English: "Pompeii - Pseudo-garden and triclinium House of Actaeon".
Identifier: pompeianaedifice00gell (find matches)
Title: Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii
Year: 1817 (1810s)
Authors: Gell, William, Sir, 1777-1836 Gandy, John P. (John Peter), 1787-1850 Lewis, Frederick Christian, 1779-1856 Hobsen, H Wallis, Robert, 1794-1878 Hollis, George, 1793-1842 Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859 Le Keux, John Henry, 1812-1896 Moses, Henry, 1782?-1870 Cooke, George, 1781-1834 Shury, James Rawle, S Wise, W Porter, S Walker, John, 1759-1830 Pye, John, 1782-1874 Goodall, Edward, 1795-1870 Heath, Charles, 1785-1848
Subjects: Architecture, Roman -- Italy Pompeii (Extinct city) Pompeii (Extinct city) Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Buildings, structures, etc Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Maps
Publisher: London : Printed for Rodwell and Martin
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation
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EiigravBd ty Cha.* tfeaih.. PAINTrNG TILES AND ORNAMENTS IN THE HOUSE OE ACTAEON Pabli&heil DecTl.lSn.bv MelSRadwell JjMaitm.NewBoud Street.
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POMPEIANA. 177 shape of a horn, from which they pour liquorinto a patera ^. 2 From a wall, painted. 3 Cymatium of terra cotta, with scenic masks,or persona, perforated to spout the water fromthe roof. 4 Cornice, &c. with lions heads for a similarpiirpose. 5, 6, 7, are also painted upon various walls. PLATE XXXI. PsEUDO garden, or viridarium. The back wall ispainted with pilasters, shrubs, and trellice work;behind the columns, upon a double wall, wereplanted flowers and shrubs. The porticus on theright of the columns was covered over, andranged in front of the tablinum; but the spacebetween this and the painted wall upon a higherlevel was open, except the hither end, where atriclinium, somewhat similar to that of the Streetof the Tombs, will be observed, with the tra- Funde merum genio.—Pers. ii.—3.Floribus et vino genium memorera brevis aevi. HoR. Epist. N 178 POMPEIANA. pezophoron, or pillar for supporting the table.The lower portions of the columns and pilasterswere painted
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