'The Farnese Bull, National Museum, Naples, Italy', c1909. The Farnese Bull is a copy of a Hellenistic sculpture at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples and represents the myth of Dirce first wife of Lykos, King of Thebes tied to a wild bull by Amphion and Zethus, the sons of Antiope, to punish her for ill-treatment inflicted on their mother. To be viewed on a Sun Sculpture stereoscope made by Underwood & Underwood. [The Rose Stereograph Company, Melbourne, Sydney, Wellington & London, c1909]

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