The Grecian Maid (The Daughter Of Dibutades, An Eminent Artist In Pottery), At The Light Thrown Upon Her Lover By The Torch Of The God Of Love, Traces The Outlines Of his Shadow on the Wall. The Genius Of Painting, To Whom This Circumstance Has Given Birth, Soars Aloft, Bearing The Emblems Of The Art. The Corinthian Pillars Allude To The Country Where The Scene Took Place; And The Moon In Her Decline Shows That The Lover Was On The Point Of Undertaking A Journey. Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume XVIII;

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The Grecian Maid (The Daughter Of Dibutades, An Eminent Artist In Pottery), At The Light Thrown Upon Her Lover By The Torch Of The God Of Love, Traces The Outlines Of his Shadow on the Wall. The Genius Of Painting, To Whom This Circumstance Has Given Birth, Soars Aloft, Bearing The Emblems Of The Art. The Corinthian Pillars Allude To The Country Where The Scene Took Place; And The Moon In Her Decline Shows That The Lover Was On The Point Of Undertaking A Journey. Copperplate engraving From the Encyclopaedia Londinensis or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature; Volume XVIII; Edited by Wilkes, John. Published in London in 1821

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