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An ornate garden obelisk decorated with urns and cherubs. Etching by J. Schynvoet after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.

A marble vase sculpted with bacchic revels. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.

A marble vase. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.

Sir John Soane's House and Museum: the Belzoni Chamber at basement level, showing the sarcophagus of Seti I. Engraving.

A large, ornate vase with figures partying carved in relief on the side, in a classical garden. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.

A large marble vase on a porphyry pedestal. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.

An ornate garden obelisk with a triumphal arch carved on the base. Etching by J. Goeree after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.

An ornate vase and pedestal with a bust and weapons carved on the side, in a classical garden. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.

A marble vase ("The Warwick vase"). Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.

An ornate vase and pedestal with a man fighting lion carved on the base. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.

Cabinet-making: decorative architectural elements. Etching by J. Verchère after himself.

Marble urns and vases, and lamps. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.

An ornate vase and pedestal with gardening tools carved on the base, in a classical garden. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.

Antiquités étrusques, grecques et romaines, gravées / par F.A. David, avec leurs explications par d'Hancarville.

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An ornate vase and pedestal with a man fighting lion carved on the base. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.

Cabinet-making: decorative architectural elements. Etching by J. Verchère after himself.

Marble urns and vases, and lamps. Etching by G.B. Piranesi, ca. 1770.

An ornate vase and pedestal with gardening tools carved on the base, in a classical garden. Etching by J. Schynvoet, c. 1701, after S. Schynvoet.

Antiquités étrusques, grecques et romaines, gravées / par F.A. David, avec leurs explications par d'Hancarville.