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SM MP78. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo: Art UK
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Oval plaque depicting a woman carrying a pitcher and a platter, based on a Roman fresco discovered at Herculaneum

Plaster or possibly Coade Stone

Height: 46cm
Width: 36cm
Depth: 4cm

Museum number: MP78

On display: Monk's Parlour
All spaces are in No. 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields unless identified as in No. 12, Soane's first house. For tours https://www.soane.org/your-visit

Curatorial note

This is one of a set of four: see also MP77, MP144 and MP145. All are in gilt frames.


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