1887 Photogravure Roman Gladiators Circus Maximus Robert Montgomery Bird SAS1 XALA5 carved in gold and ivory

carved in gold and ivory

by the Hungarian-born painter

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1887 Photogravure Roman Gladiators Circus Maximus Robert Montgomery Bird SAS1 XALA5 carved in gold and ivoryThis is an original 1887 photogravure of a painting by Jean Lon Grme "The Gladiators in the Amphitheatre" depicting a scene in Robert Montgomery Bird's play The Gladiator, Act II, Scene I. Attached is a brief descriptive note about the play please see both images. Period Paper is pleased to offer an exceptional collection of hand pulled, museum quality photogravures of English and American actors of the stage from the time of Shakespeare through the