. 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 . Achilles delivering Briseis to the Heralds. it was thought better to attempt to transport it to the Studiiat Naples than to suffer it entirely to disappear from thewall. It was accordingly removed with success in the summerof the year 1826, and it is hoped that some remains of itmay exist for posterity. The painter has chosen the moment when the heraldsTalthybius and Eurybates are put in possess
. 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 . Achilles delivering Briseis to the Heralds. it was thought better to attempt to transport it to the Studiiat Naples than to suffer it entirely to disappear from thewall. It was accordingly removed with success in the summerof the year 1826, and it is hoped that some remains of itmay exist for posterity. The painter has chosen the moment when the heraldsTalthybius and Eurybates are put in possession of Briseis, HOUSE OF THE TRAGIC POET 373 to escort her to the tent of Agamemnon, as described in thefirst book of the Iliad,* and thus translated by Pope :— Patroclus now the unwilling beauty brought •She in soft sorrow and in pensive thoughtPassed silent, as the heralds held her hand,And oft looked back, slow moving oer the sand. The head of Achilles is so full of fire and animation, thatan attempt has been made to introduce a facsimile of Head of Achilles. Though a facsimile, as far as being traced with transparentpaper from the original can make it so, it gives but a very-imperfect idea of the divinity which seems to animate thehero of the The extreme vivacity, dignity andbeauty of the head are but faintly expressed, and all thosefaults seem exaggerated which the skill of the artist and * A. 345. t This IS very finely engraved in the second series of Sir William Gells[The original drawing was made by Ternites.] 374 POMPEII. the colouring of the original concealed. One of the eyes iuparticular is larger than the other, and there may be otherdefects, which totally disappear when observed with theentire painting, leaving the impression of the finest youthfulhead in existence.* Patroclus stands by Achilles, his facehalf turned to the spectator with a lowering expression, as ifhe sympathized in the injury done to his friend, and waitedbut his signal to res
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