Murals from Herculaneum: two entwined snakes, fish, antelope and peacocks by Giovanni Elia Morghen

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Maker/s: Morghen, Giovanni Elia (draughtsman) [ULAN info: Italian painter, b. 1721]
Technique Description: point of the brush and grey wash, pen and brown ink over graphite all laid down on a pink and grey washed mount
Dimensions: height: (mount): 403 mm, width: (mount): 304 mm

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Title/s: Murals from Herculaneum: two entwined snakes, fish, antelope and peacocks Maker/s: Morghen, Giovanni Elia (draughtsman) [ULAN info: Italian painter, b. 1721] Technique Description: point of the brush and grey wash, pen and brown ink over graphite all laid down on a pink and grey washed mount Dimensions: height: (mount): 403 mm, width: (mount): 304 mm

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Accession Number: PD.31-1986
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