Theatre (in Sicily; Restored) / Plan of large (tragic) theatre in Pompeii. Ancient Greece/Rome. 1876.

Lithography titled „Teater (I egesta pa Sicilien; Restaurerad)/Plan af stora (tragiska) teatren i Pompeji“.

Artist , lithography author unknown.

Notes: Jönköping Lith. Aktiebolag. VIII. Schlyter, monumenta antiqvitatis.

From „Monvmenta antiqvitatis minnen fran Greklands och Roms forntid för vänner af antiken och tillika sasom askadningsmateriel for undervisningen i den klassiska fornkunskapen vid läroverken utgifna af D:r Gust. Ragn. Schlyter“.Jönköping. Jönköpings lithografiska aktiebolags boktryckeri. 1876.

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Approx. image size 44, 1 x 31, 1/49, 8 x 34, 8 cm.

Condition: medium.