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 . ainted flesh-colour, withblack hair and beards : the moulding of the pedestal and thebaskets on their heads were in imitation of gold; and thepedestal itself, as well as the wall behind them and theniches for the reception of the clothes of the bathers, werecoloured to resemble red porphyry. Six of these nichesare closed up without any apparent reason. The ceiling is worked in stucco, in low reli
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 . ainted flesh-colour, withblack hair and beards : the moulding of the pedestal and thebaskets on their heads were in imitation of gold; and thepedestal itself, as well as the wall behind them and theniches for the reception of the clothes of the bathers, werecoloured to resemble red porphyry. Six of these nichesare closed up without any apparent reason. The ceiling is worked in stucco, in low relief, with scat-tered figures and ornaments of little flying genii, delicatelyrelieved on medallions, with foliage carved round ground is painted, sometimes red and sometimes room was lighted by a window two feet six inches highand three feet wide, in the bronze frame of which were foundset four very beautiful panes of glass fastened by small nutsand screws, very ingeniously contrived, with a view to re-move the glass at pleasure. In this room was found a brazier,seven feet long and two feet six inches broad, made entirelyof bronze, with the exception of an iron lining. The two.
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