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  • Greek and Roman sculpture in the Wellcome Collection
  • A young man in roman dress has smashed an anthropomorphous sculpture with a club; illustration of a fable. Etching.
  • The British Museum, London: a gallery of Greek, Roman and Egyptian sculptures, with visitors admiring a copyist's work. Engraving by R. Sands after T. Allom.
  • A marble tablet sculpted in relief with trophies and ornaments illustrating the magnificence of the ancient Romans. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1761.
  • Flora. Etching by R. Dalton, 174-.
  • A dying gladiator. Etching by J. Wagner after R. Dalton, 1744.
  • Roman ruins in a landscape being admired by two young women and a man holding a book. Etching by F. Bartolozzi.
  • Venus (Aphrodite). Etching by S.F. Ravenet after R. Dalton, 1746.
  • A marble tablet sculpted in relief with trophies and ornaments illustrating the magnificence of the ancient Romans. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1761.
  • Flora. Etching by R. Dalton, 174-.
  • The Farnese Hercules. Etching by R. Dalton, 174-.
  • The Apollo Belvedere. Etching by R. Dalton, 174-.
  • The death of Dirke (Dirce): her stepsons Zetos (Zethos) and Amphion tie her by her hair to the horns of a bull and have her flung into a well. Engraving, 1633.
  • Laocoön and his sons, attacked by sea snakes. Etching by R. Dalton, 174-.
  • The Apollino. Etching by R. Dalton, 1746.
  • Hermaphroditus sleeping. Etching by C. Grignion after R. Dalton, 1744.
  • Saint Jerome. Line engraving by C. Mellan after himself, 1665.
  • Hygiene in the British army in Italy: a soldier interprets a statue of Venus lacking the head and an arm as the consequences of venereal disease. Drawing by Stacey Hopper, ca. 1944.
  • Cupid (Love) with arrows sits next to items representing arts and sciences. Etching by H. Winstanley, 17--, after F. Snyders and A. van Dyck.
  • Mercury (Hermes): the Roman god. Photograph by Alinari.
  • Mercury (Hermes). Photograph by Alinari.
  • Apollo. Process print, 193-.
  • Apollo. Process print, 193-.
  • Analysis of beauty. Plate I.
  • Analysis of beauty. Plate I.
  • A fatally wounded gladiator kneeling on his shield while blood gushes from the wound in his side. Line engraving with etching by P. Duflos.
  • The fight between the Horatii and the Curiatii in an arena surrounded by spectators. Engraving after Giulio Romano, 1541.
  • A philosopher and virtuoso seated in an armchair: dissatisfied with his accomplishments, he points to the need for charity to the poor. Engraving by C.F. Stoelzel, 1774, after J.E. Schenau, 1773.
  • The Discobolus of Castel Porziano. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • The Discobolus of Castel Porziano. Photographic postcard, 191-.