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Object Type
print
Museum number
1879,0614.256
Description
Plate from Major Cockburn's 'Pompeii Illustrated', with the depiction of a fresco in one of the rooms in Diomede's villa: a lunette at top, with three trompe-l'oeil windows and garlands; three panels at centre, with ornamental frames and a small painting in each of them; two doors at bottom with a small panel with birds at centre. Watercolour over etching
Producer name
Published by:
William Bernard Cooke
After:
Maj-Gen James Pattison Cockburn
School/style
British
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
hand-coloured
Dimensions
Height:
455 millimetres
Width:
350 millimetres
Location
Not on display
Subjects
antiquities
Associated places
Associated with:
Pompeii
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
E W Janson
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Mrs Frederick Smith
Acquisition date
1879
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1879,0614.256