Roman wallpainting and polychrome bas-reliefs, (1898). Examples of ancient Roman interior decoration: 'Fig 1: Wallpainting, representing a figure of Victory, from Pompeii [Italy]. Figs 2 and 3: Candelabrums, from the same place, in the Museum at Naples. Figs 4 and 5: Borders from Pompeii. Fig 6: Frieze at the same place (drawn by H. Dolmetsch). Figs 7-12: Borders from Herculaneum and Pompeii. Figs 13 and 14. Painted dados from Pompeii. Figs 15-20: Cornices, executed in stucco and painted, at the same place (drawn by H. Dolmetsch)'. Plate 9 from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [B.T. Batford, London, 1898]
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