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

A seated figure wrapped to the chin listens while a standing youth makes his point with one raised hand.

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. Round scenes like this one usually record the tondo, the painted medallion inside the bowl of a Greek drinking cup. The two draped figures fill a black disc ringed with a fine white line. A small oil flask hangs on the wall between them. The image is 5 inches wide and 5 high.

A conversation that waited at the bottom of a cup.