Gell, William: Pompeiana: the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii ; the result of excavations since 1819 ; in two volumes (Band 1) (London, 1832)

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these perch cranes and other birds, not badly
painted, with a background of reeds or
plants, and the sky visible behind. The
effect must have been pretty when the whole
was perfect. In the same house is the pic-
ture of a male and female sitting at the base
of a pillar, attended by three Cupids. In
the back ground is a tree, with mountains
in the distance. Nothing can exceed the
grace of these figures in the original, and,
on that account, an outline of the picture
has been, among others, selected for this
work. Vide Plate XII. 'foahk-M 'alj.\

In the same house is a pavement of
coloured marbles, in the nature of the opus
Alexandrinum, which is pretty, and is there-
fore given at the end of this work, in Plate
LXXVIII.

At present (1827) the habitations on the
right hand, or east side of the street of For-
tune, have been little excavated, so that it
is difficult to say what they may hereafter
produce.

A small statue of Fortune, with a diadem
and crescent on her head, and a lotus, like
Isis, was found in this street. She was re-