Collection of engravings from ancient vases mostly of pure Greek workmanship discovered 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 ... with remarks on each vase
This is a 1791 engraved catalogue of Greek painted vases from Sir William Hamilton's collection, published in Naples by Wm. Tischbein for collectors and scholars of antiquity. The plates show single-line outline drawings of figures from vase scenes, with the pages printed on heavy paper and the image centred on each leaf. A designer could take from them the economical contour line, the frieze-like arrangement of draped figures in procession or conversation, and the classical posture of seated and reclining bodies.
