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Prior, Thomas Abiel, 1809–1886
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Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851
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the Cumaean Sibyl is granted long life: Apollo grants the Cumaean sibyl as many years as she has grains of sand in her hand. in return for her love (Ovid, Metamorphoses XIV 136)
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Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20)
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Print made by Thomas Abiel Prior, 1809–1886
The Bay of Baiæ, Apollo and the Sibyl
1873