Ludwig Gruner, A column from a wall painting at Pompei, 1850.
Chromolithograph on wove paper. 630 mm x 490 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: Prudence Cuming Associates Limited.
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A column from a wall painting at Pompei, 1850
Ludwig Gruner (1801 - 1882)
RA Collection: Art
630 mm x 490 mm
By Authority. Specimens Of Ornamental Art Selected From The Best Models Of The Classical Epochs. Illustrated By Eighty Plates. By Lewis Gruner, Author Of Fresco Decorations And Stuccos Of Churches, Palaces, And Villas In Italy During The Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries; And Of Her Majesty's Pavilion In Buckingham Palace Gardens, Etc. Etc. With Descriptive Text By Emil Braun. - London:: [1850]
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