drawing
- Museum number
- 2012,5001.679
- Description
-
Gladiator fresco from the parapet of the amphitheatre at Pompeii
Graphite with watercolour
- Production date
- 1801-1813
- Dimensions
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Height: 332 millimetres
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Width: 444 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Engraved in William Gell and John P. Gandy, 'Pompeiana, the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii', (London 1817-1819), pl. 76
cf. Napoli, Museo Arhceologico Nazionale, Inv.ADS 79. See 'Sangue e arena', Adriano La Regina, Italy. Soprintendenza archeologica di Roma, (Electa 2001), p. 334, no. 24
Samuel Pepys Cockerell (ed.), 'Travels in Southern Europe and the Levant, 1810-1817. The Journal of C. R. Cockerell, R.A.' (1903, Reprinted 1999)
C. A. Hutton, 'A Collection of Sketches by C. R. Cockerell, R. A.', JHS 29 (1909), pp. 53-59.
David Watkin, 'The Life and Work of C. R. Cockerell', (London 1974).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1908
- Department
- Greek and Roman
- Registration number
- 2012,5001.679
