Italian Hand Colored Engraving by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein: Based on the Original Collection of Sir William Hamilton's Ancient Vases

A bearded god pours wine from a jug as he walks, and a satyr ahead of him plays the double pipes.

This hand colored engraving, based on the original collection of Sir William Hamilton's ancient vases, is after Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, from Naples, Italy, around 1791, in ink on paper. Processions of Dionysus are among the liveliest scenes in Greek vase painting, the god usually recognized by his ivy wreath and the thyrsus, a staff topped with a pine cone. Here he walks between a woman carrying a torch and a youthful satyr with a horse tail. The image is 12.75 inches wide and 8 high.

A parade with music, refreshments and no apparent schedule.