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Paris holding his arms around Helen suspended on clouds to left, Cassandra standing to right looking at the abduction of the young girl; from a red-figured hydria (water-jar) from Sir William Hamilton's collection, conserved at the British Museum (1772,0320.30.+); illustration to 'An illustration of the Egyptian, Grecian, and Roman costume : in forty outlines, with descriptions' pl.24. Etching
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