Plate LIX - Picture

This picture, plate LIX, is on the left side of the fountain exhibited in plate LVI, and is of the same shape upon the wall as that of plate LVII.

The lofty building near the centre is unlike any thing, either in shape or style, known in Italy or Greece ; but it might be perhaps intended for a fire-temple of the Persians, and the personages near it may represent the attendants. The man fishing from a rock is a common subject, and is very confused in the original, but, on the left, is a person with as regularly shaped a hat as can be found in our own times, as if even that were not a modern invention. Below are certain sigla which need explanation.