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

The grief of ACHILLES upon the death of PATROCLUS See Hom II lib xviii

1792 Catalogue Description

From a Cameo of Greek sculpture in the possession of Monsignor Ferretti which formerly belonged to the Contessa Charosini the Cameo has been broken in the middle and is incomplete therefore part of the Intaglio has been supplied to correspond with the subject

Material

Cornelian

Gem Type

Original Owner

Rev. M. C. CRACHERODE

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