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<p>[QUOTE="PepperAnna, post: 9589285, member: 17332"]I think it it after an etching of Menelaus and his buddies, which is probably using this bust as the starting point.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]463925[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]463926[/ATTACH] </p><p>I have seen a couple other iterations of the engraving, and I think one of 2 things happened:1) the cameist didn't know how to sculpt an eagle or 2) the cameist mistook the the ridge in the helmet for the long neck of a goose because he was working from a poor engraving. So instead of the mighty eagle, we have a squawking goose.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="PepperAnna, post: 9589285, member: 17332"]I think it it after an etching of Menelaus and his buddies, which is probably using this bust as the starting point. [ATTACH=full]463925[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]463926[/ATTACH] I have seen a couple other iterations of the engraving, and I think one of 2 things happened:1) the cameist didn't know how to sculpt an eagle or 2) the cameist mistook the the ridge in the helmet for the long neck of a goose because he was working from a poor engraving. So instead of the mighty eagle, we have a squawking goose.[/QUOTE]
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