A new elucidation of the subjects on the celebrated Portland vase : formerly called the Barberini : and the sarcophagus in which it was discovered / by Thomas Windus, F.S.A.
Alternate Title(s):
Thomas Windus F.S.A. on the Portland vase
Published / Created:
[London] : Printed by John Bowyer Nichols and John Gough Nichols; and published for the author by W. Pickering, Piccaddilly; F. G. Moon, Finch Land; Pelham Richardson, Cornhill; and Smith and Elder, Cornhill, 1845.
Physical Description:
[4] p., 106 columns, [1] p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
A collection of notes on the subjects related to Windus's theories on the interpretation of the subject represented in the cameo reliefs of the vase. His "new elucidations" advance the hypothesis that the vase was the funerary urn of Galien the physician, and that the scenes represent his most famous diagnosis: the dangerously ill lady whose disorder was discovered to be her love for a rope dancer.
Subject Terms:
Portland Vase. | Vases, Roman. | Sarcophagi. | Pickering, W. -- Publisher. | Moon, F. G. -- Publisher. | Pelham Richardson -- Publisher. | Smith & Elder -- Publisher. | Dean & Co., -- Printer. | T. & E. Gilks -- Printer. | Nichols, J. B. (John Bowyer), 1779–1863, -- Printer. | Nichols, John Gough, 1806–1873, -- Printer.