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

Six youths in orange robes gather around a bright medallion, where a seventh holds up a small basket.

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. The color on plates like these was added by hand after printing, so each sheet varies slightly. Here a long frieze shows draped young men with staffs, a wreath and a scroll, one seated on a block. In the middle, an orange roundel holds a standing figure with a basket. The image is 13.75 inches wide and 4.25 high.

A crowded scene, and everyone is wearing the same color.