Roman British Priestesses

Roman British Priestesses. One in ancient style with bare breasts and white linen gown with girdle of brass, and one in later Roman tunic with zigzag borders over a long petticoat. In the background are the temples of Minerva and Sul-Minerva at Bath. Handcoloured aquatint by R. Havell from an illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith from Samuel Meyrick's Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands, London, 1821

19th Century Ancient History Aquatint Barbarians Borders Charles Hamilton Smith Girdle Havell Minerva Petticoat Samuel Meyrick Zigzag

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