Hamilton, William [Hrsg.]; Tischbein, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm [Hrsg.]: Collection Of Engravings From Ancient Vases Of Greek Workmanship: Discoverd In Sepulchres In The Kingdom Of The Two Sicilies But Chiefly In The Neighbourhood Of Naples During The Course Of The Years MDCCLXXXIX and MDCCLXXXX Now In The Possession Of Sir Wm. Hamilton, His Britannic Maiesty's Envoy Extry. And Plenipotentiary At The Court Of Naples (Band 1) (Neapel, 1791)

TO THE EARL OF LEICESTER
PRESIDENT OF THE ANTIQUARY SOCIETY OF LONDON.

Naples March 10. 1791.
MYLORD
Tn consequence of His Sicilian Majesty's having lately
taken off' the Prohibition to search for Antiquities, which
prohibition had long (ubsisied in this Kingdom , several
Excavations have been made by the Proprietors of Land
in the neighbourhood of Nola, S. Agata de Goti , Treb-
bia, S. Maria di Capua (the spot on which the ancient
City of Capua ssourished), in Puglia, and in other parts
of the Two Sicilies, and many Sepulchres have been di-
scoverd containing Earthen Vases of beautifull forms, with
Elegant figures , either drawn , or painted on them , of
the sort that have been usually called Etruscan Vases, at
tho there now seems to be liitle doubt of such monu-
ments of Antiquity being truly Grecian.
s
As it is well known, that J am a great admirer, and
Colle&or of this sort of Antiquities, not having during a
residence of Six and Twenty Years in this Country , o-
mitted any opportunity of purchasmg at a liberal price,
such as came within my reach; and that I thought worthy
of a place in my Colle6i:ion Many of the lately discoverd
vases have found their way to me , and are fortunately
in