Explore the 1792 Gem Collection

Currently, the working pages on this site can be found on the “EXPLORE” AND “Catalogues” pages.

  • EXPLORE – Search by text and image match the “Catalgoue of Impressions of One Hundred Gems” by Marchant, 1792
    • Master Index – A comparative spreadsheet comparing the entries about Marchant’s 100 gems as found in his 1792 Catalogue, in the Raspe-Tassie Catalogue of 1791, and The Gertrude Seidmann article in the Walpole Journal, 1987.
  • Catalogues – PDF copies of two Catalogues

GEM DETAIL

HERCULES SEIZING THE MENALIAN HlND

1792 Catalogue Description

From one of the twelve labours of Hercules which are represented in bas relief round the outside of a marble vase in the villa Albani the circumference of which is twenty three English feet two thirds

Material

Sardonyx

Gem Type

Original Owner

G J CHOLMONDLEY Esq

To view a copy of the entry for this imprssion in the original catalogue CLICK HERE.