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Augurs, ancient Rome

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Data source:

Research Catalog

Image ID

833282


Item data

Title

Augurs, ancient Rome

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
Fortune Telling

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1784

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC FORTU-Tel

Subjects

Fortune-telling
Animal sacrifice -- Rome
Priests -- Rome
Rome -- Religion

Genres

Prints

Notes

Source Note: Costume des anciens peuples, à l'usage des artistes. (Paris : Alexandre Jombert, 1784-1785) Dandré-Bardon, Michel François (1700-1783), Author. Cochin, M., Creator.

Physical Description

Etchings
Extent: 28 x 20 cm. (11 x 7 3/4 in.)
Stain at left border.
Etching on laid paper.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17959650
Barcode: 33333159486725
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 496fc360-c551-012f-ee8a-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1784

Cite this item

MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Augurs, ancient Rome" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1784. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/496fc360-c551-012f-ee8a-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1784). Augurs, ancient Rome Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/496fc360-c551-012f-ee8a-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Augurs, ancient Rome" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 12, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/496fc360-c551-012f-ee8a-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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