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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PepperAnna, post: 4399663, member: 17332&quot;]It is very satisfying. In fact, I found a primary image today for one of my cameos. I was really surprised and happy. I knew my cameo was of Apollo, but I didn&#039;t understand why there was a boat, the sea, and the box of apples was in the background.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]371918[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]371919[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Turns out that this is a relief at the base of a monument Thorvaldsen created to honor Lord Byron. It is titled &quot;The Genius of Poetry&quot;.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]371920[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The sea, ship and box of scrolls (not apples!) are explained in this excerpt from the museum:</p><p>&quot;The tutelary spirit of poetry is playing a stringed instrument and at the same time placing his foot on the prow of a ship adorned with a sword, a reference to the warship which Byron had armed at his own expense in 1823 in order to join the Greeks in their struggle for freedom from the Turks. Behind the other foot can be seen a container full of scrolls, a reference to Byron’s poetical works.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Mystery solved![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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