Sir William Hamilton, Colour plate of Dionysian group with satyrs and maenad, from attic bell krater.
Etching with hand colouring and highlights in white lead. 282 mm x 495 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: Prudence Cuming Associates.
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Colour plate of Dionysian group with satyrs and maenad, from attic bell krater
Sir William Hamilton (1730 - 1803)
RA Collection: Art
282 mm x 495 mm
Collection Of Etruscan, Greek, And Roman Antiquities From The Cabinet Of The Honble. Wm. Hamilton His Britannick Maiesty's Envoy Extraordinary At The Court Of Naples. - Naples.: [1766 (-1767)]
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