Plate IX - Statue of Eumachia

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The statue of Eumachia, as may be seen by a reference to the General Plan, was placed in one of the most obscure parts of the cryptoporticus connected with the chalcidicum, and was erected in her honour by the fullones or dyers of the city of Pompeii, as the inscription on the pedestal informs us.

The statue itself is of white marble, and, if not of the first order in point of execution, is by no means wanting in that grace and dignity which characterise the antique.

On the right is observed the entrance to the staircase represented in the foregoing plate, and, on the left, is a painted door folding in three leaves or valves, which must have corresponded with that of the real opening to the stairs.

The place may be styled rather a recess than a niche ; and the statue, being found on the spot, becomes an object of peculiar interest and importance.