This design differs from that of the generality of painted walls at Pompeii, and is here given as an example of its species. It was discovered in the house containing the beautiful picture of Venus and Adonis in the street called that of the Merchants, leading from the theatre to the forum. The view, through an arch, of the sea, with a little island and ruins, and the iron balustrade, has a pretty effect.

The borders which run along each side of this plate are found on some of the walls in the vicinity. It is to be remarked that, among the great number of these borders examined by the author, both at Pompeii and at Herculaneum, none were found to have been executed by means of perforated stamps of paper or other material, as may be proved by the incorrectness of the design, it being rarely observed even that the opposite sides of the same flower are precisely similar.