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

PHOCION

1792 Catalogue Description

From a statue in the Museum Pio Clementinum This statue was found at the foot of the Quirinal Hill in building the Gentili Palace

Material

Sardonyx

Gem Type

Original Owner

WILLIAM MILLS Esq

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