Samuel Shelley, A Vestal Virgin Attending a Sacred Flame, by 1808.
Pencil and watercolour on laid paper. 240 mm x 182 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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A Vestal Virgin Attending a Sacred Flame, by 1808
Samuel Shelley (1750 - 1808)
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240 mm x 182 mm
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