Roman bath attendant with jar of oil and strigil

Roman bath attendant with jar of oil and strigil, a tool to scrape oil from the skin. Engraved in emerald and dactylotheca from the collection of antiquarian Charles Francis Greville. Balneator inc. pras. Smaragdi and Dactyl. Mezzotint copperplate engraving by John Spilsbury from his Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems, John Boydell, London, 1785

Ancient History Antiquarian Charles Francis Greville Classical History Dactylotheca Emerald Greek Myth John Boydell John Spilsbury Mezzotint Roman Myth Strigil

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