Concept
Columns, Corinthian
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- Pictures
Seven Corinthian columns from the temple of Juturna, Rome, and the remains of a water fountain. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, 1756.
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista, 1720-1778.Date: 1756Reference: 2975160i
- Pictures
French savants huddled together at the top of a column, while a band of Bedouin Arabs set fire to it below; exaggerating the troubled experience of the 'Commission des Sciences et des Arts' during Napoleon's invasion of Egypt. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1799.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: 6 March 1799Reference: 18129i