. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . ribed wear greentunics: the first of them has a yellow under-tunic, the lattera white one. The resemblance in colours between thesedresses and those of the male fullers above described mayperhaps warrant a conjecture that there was some kind oflivery or prescribed dress belonging to the establishment,or else the contents of the painters colour-box must havebeen very limited. The whole pier on wh
. Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors . ribed wear greentunics: the first of them has a yellow under-tunic, the lattera white one. The resemblance in colours between thesedresses and those of the male fullers above described mayperhaps warrant a conjecture that there was some kind oflivery or prescribed dress belonging to the establishment,or else the contents of the painters colour-box must havebeen very limited. The whole pier on which these paintings were found hasbeen removed to the museum at Naples. In the peristylewas a large earthenware jar, which had been broken acrossthe middle, and the pieces then sewn carefully and laboriouslytogether with wire. The value of these vessels, therefore,cannot have been very small, though they were made of themost common clay. At the eastern end of the peristyle therewas a pretty fountain, with a jet deau. The western end isoccupied by four large vats in masonry, lined with stucco,about seven feet deep, which seem to have received the wateiin succession, one from another 366 Small Painting in the Tragic Poets House. CHAPTER VII. HOUSE OF THE TRAGIC POET—OF THE GREAT AND LITTLEFOUNTAINS—OF APOLLO—THE FAUN, ETC. The island which lies eastward of the House of Pansa con-tains, besides the Fullonica, three houses, the discovery ofwhich excited a great sensation, not so much for their extent,which is small compared with that of several others, but onaccount of the richness and beauty, or singularity of theirdecorations. These have respectively received the names ofthe House of the Tragic Poet, and the Houses of the Greatand Little Fountains. We give a larger plan of this House of the Tragic Poet was excavated towards theend of the year 1824, and excited universal admiration fromthe number and beauty of its paintings. Of these some havebeen remove
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