Melpomene, Roman muse of tragedy, holding a tragic mask and club. She wears a veil and narrow band with laurel wreath. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789.

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