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The Roman Court (including the antique sculptures in the nave) erected in the Crystal Palace (1854)

Scharf, George, 1820-1895 · London (Eng.) : Crystal Palace Library and Bradbury & Evans · leaf 37

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through that aperture. Inscribed on the tree-stem [ . M Og Restorations : The fore-arms, hands, and vase. Engraved in Visconti, vol. viii. tav. 11 ; Clarac, Musee, pi. 407, No. 703 ; Pistolesi, vol. iv. tav. 13 ; Bunsen, vol. ii. part 2, p. 103. Dimensions: Height, 4/- 1"- 7‘ 228. VENUS GENITRIX.… … the inhabitants purchased from Praxiteles (p. 91). A similar statue also from the Famese Palace, now at Naples (Mus. Bor. vol. xiv. tav. 23). Another also at Holkham, restored with a vase in her left hand (Clarac, Musee, pi. 594, No. 1449 a). Engraved in Bouillon, vol. i. pi. 12 ; Gal. Nap. No. 57…

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