Examples of Greek and Pompeian decorative work

This hard-to-find study by a Victorian-era architect presents precise and detailed renderings of antiquities from Athens, Palermo, and Naples.

The painstaking drawings recapture the delicacy characteristic of Greek design, depicting geometric patterns on marble floors, ornamented urns, richly embellished capitals on pillars of Pompeii's forum and temples, and other treasures.