Alexandre Louis Joseph de Laborde Count, Mosaic fragment of the muse Polymnia, 1806.
Hand-coloured aquatint. 425 mm x 325 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Mosaic fragment of the muse Polymnia, 1806
Alexandre Louis Joseph de Laborde Count (1773 - 1842)
RA Collection: Art
425 mm x 325 mm
Descripción De Un Pavimento En Mosayco Descubierto En La Antigua Itálica, Hoy Santiponce, En Las Cercanías De Sevilla, Accompañada Con Varias Investigationes Sobre La Pintura En Mosayco De Los Antiguos Y Sobre Los Monumentos De Este Genero Ineditos; Escrita Por Don Alexandro De Laborde. [Epigraph] - En Madrid.: [1806]
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