Charles William King, Archaeological Journal (1872)
“ But, unfortunately for this romantic hypothesis, the celebrated favourite of Hadrian made no pretensions to feminine loveliness, but gained the admiration of the world as the most perfect embodiment of the Grecian idea of male beauty—the ancient Achilles returned to life. This is proved by the noble Marlborough gem of him in that very character, with spear on shoulder ”
Charles William King, Archaeological Journal (1872)
“ After annealing, the glass, on removal from the matrix, presents an exact counterpart of the original gem, whether in cameo or intaglio. For camei of two or more strata, so many layers of different coloured glass must be employed, and the relief afterwards touched up with the usual engraver's instruments, to remove superfluities and to level the field. Some of the antique examples, thus worked over, can hardly be distinguished from camei in true sardonyx. ”
Charles William King, Archaeological Journal (1872)
“ Antonia's claims to such eternity of fame were well-founded, and the ample manner in which they were acknowledged both during her lifetime, and after her decease, may be accounted for in several ways. She was the widow of Drusus, the idol of the Roman people, and whose popularity went on increasing after his death through the very unpopularity of his brother, Tiberius. She was the mother of the equally beloved and equally regretted Germanicus ”
