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Plate 9: equestrian statue of Vitellius, seen three-quarters to the left, with his death scene in the background at right, his body being thrown into the Tiber at upper right, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'
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Engraving squared in red, 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'
Rights: Public Domain
'Roman Emperors on Horseback', Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection The Elisha Whittelsey Fund 1949
Title: Plate 9: equestrian statue of Vitellius, seen three-quarters to the left, with his death scene in the background at right, his body being thrown into the Tiber at upper right, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'
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Engraving squared in red, 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'.
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