Sir William Gell FRS (1777 – 1836) was an English classical archaeologist and illustrator. From 1804 to 1806 he travelled in Greece, the neighbouring islands, and coastal Asia Minor. His numerous drawings of classical ruins and localities, executed with great detail and exactness, are preserved in the British Museum. His best-known work is Pompeiana; the Topography, Edifices and Ornaments of Pompeii, published between 1817 and 1832 they continue to provide valuable information for the study of classical topography.
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Fine art print.Caldarium (hot baths), revealed during the excavation of Pompeii in the early 1800s, by Sir William Gell. A caldarium was a room with a hot plunge bath, used in a Roman bath complex. This was a very hot and steamy room heated by a hypocaust, an underfloor heating system. This was the ..
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Fine art print.Natatio (a cold plunge bath), revealed during the excavation of Pompeii in the early 1800s, by Sir William Gell. Natatios are also known as loutron, natatorium, piscina, baptisterium and puteus. They may also have been used as swimming pools.Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near Napl..
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Fine art print.Pedestals in the forum, revealed during the excavation of Pompeii in the early 1800s, by Sir William Gell. Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near Naples in Italy. Pompeii was buried under ~6 m (20 ft) of ash by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Excavation of Pompeii re..
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Fine art print.Frigidarium and piscina in the women's baths), revealed during the excavation of Pompeii in the early 1800s, by Sir William Gell. A frigidarium is a large cold pool of Roman baths. It would be after the Caldarium and the Tepidarium, which were used to open the pores of the skin. The c..
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Fine art print.The door of a house, revealed during the excavation of Pompeii in the early 1800s, by Sir William Gell.Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near Naples in Italy. Pompeii was buried under ~6 m (20 ft) of ash by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Excavation of Pompeii reveal..
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Fine art print.The altar of Jupiter, revealed during the excavation of Pompeii in the early 1800s, by Sir William Gell. In ancient Roman religion and myth, Jupiter is the king of the gods and the god of sky and thunder.Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near Naples in Italy. Pompeii was buried under ..
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Fine art print.The atrium of the house of Ceres, revealed during the excavation of Pompeii in the early 1800s, by Sir William Gell. Ceres was a goddess of agriculture, grain crops, fertility and motherly relationships.Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near Naples in Italy. Pompeii was buried under ~..
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Fine art print.The cell of the Temple of Augustus, revealed during the excavation of Pompeii in the early 1800s, by Sir William Gell. Augustus was the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near Naples in Italy...
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Fine art print.The Fountain of Shells, revealed during the excavation of Pompeii in the early 1800s, by Sir William Gell.Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near Naples in Italy. Pompeii was buried under ~6 m (20 ft) of ash by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Excavation of Pompeii rev..
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Fine art print.The Frigidarium (cold baths), revealed during the excavation of Pompeii in the early 1800s, by Sir William Gell. A frigidarium is a large cold pool of Roman baths. It would be after the Caldarium and the Tepidarium, which were used to open the pores of the skin. The cold water would c..
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Fine art print.Thermae (baths), revealed during the excavation of Pompeii in the early 1800s, by Sir William Gell. A Thermae (public baths) usually had a caldarium (hot bath), tepidarium (warm bath) and frigidarium (cold bath).Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near Naples in Italy. Pompeii was burie..
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Fine art print.Roof of the Thermae (baths), revealed during the excavation of Pompeii in the early 1800s, by Sir William Gell. A Thermae (public baths) usually had a caldarium (hot bath), tepidarium (warm bath) and frigidarium (cold bath).Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near Naples in Italy. Pompe..
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Fine art print.The Temple of Fortune, revealed during the excavation of Pompeii in the early 1800s, by Sir William Gell. Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near Naples in Italy. Pompeii was buried under ~6 m (20 ft) of ash by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Excavation of Pompeii rev..
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Fine art print.The Temple of Fortune, revealed during the excavation of Pompeii in the early 1800s, by Sir William Gell. Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near Naples in Italy. Pompeii was buried under ~6 m (20 ft) of ash by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Excavation of Pompeii rev..
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Fine art print.Tepidarium (warm baths), revealed during the excavation of Pompeii in the early 1800s, by Sir William Gell. A Thermae (public baths) usually had a caldarium (hot bath), tepidarium (warm bath) and frigidarium (cold bath).Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near Naples in Italy. Pompeii w..
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Fine art print.View of the site of Pompeii, with Mount Vesuvius smouldering in the background, ,during the excavation of Pompeii in the early 1800s, by Sir William Gell.Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near Naples in Italy. Pompeii was buried under ~6 m (20 ft) of ash by the volcanic eruption of Mo..
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Fine art print.Wall of an atrium (hall), revealed during the excavation of Pompeii in the early 1800s, by Sir William Gell.Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near Naples in Italy. Pompeii was buried under ~6 m (20 ft) of ash by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Excavation of Pompeii r..
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Fine art print.The Crypto Porticus of Eumachia, revealed during the excavation of Pompeii in the early 1800s, by Sir William Gell. A cryptoporticus is a covered passageway. Eumachia was the public priestess of Venus in Pompeii during the middle of the 1st century AD. Eumachia was the matron of the f..
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Fine art print.Pedestals in the forum, revealed during the excavation of Pompeii in the early 1800s, by Sir William Gell. Pompeii was an ancient Roman city near Naples in Italy. Pompeii was buried under ~6 m (20 ft) of ash by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Excavation of Pompeii re..
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Fine art print.The Statue of Eumachia, revealed during the excavation of Pompeii in the early 1800s, by Sir William Gell. Eumachia was the public priestess of Venus in Pompeii during the middle of the 1st century AD. Eumachia was the matron of the fullers, a trade guild of dyers and clothing-makers...
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