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Plate 8: equestrian statue of Otho, seen from behind, his death scene in the background with him stabbing himself at right and the burning of his body at left, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'
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Engraving squared in graphite, '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 8: equestrian statue of Otho, seen from behind, his death scene in the background with him stabbing himself at right and the burning of his body at left, from 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'
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Engraving squared in graphite, 'Roman Emperors on Horseback'.
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