Matthew Ballさんのイラストまとめ

Ridiculously-priced (in my eyes, at least) Hogarth no2. A mock coat-of-arms for quack doctors: ‘The Company of Undertakers’, engraved and published by Hogarth in 1736. I’d love to know how and where these were sold — from his Leicester Sq house? Uglow’s biog doesn’t make clear.

Thrilled to receive this today. Carandini’s huge two volume Atlas of Ancient Rome — packed with detail and plenty of wonderfully detailed illustrations of the city and its monuments at their height. Have been coveting this baby for years. https://t.co/6QSroeZMpf

Delighted to learn that two of my loves (Handel & ancient coins; don't judge) share a frontier. Del Tesoro Britannico, the first cat. of ancient coins now at @britishmuseum, was written by Nicola Haym, who also provided libretti for several of Handel's operas, incl. Giulio Cesare