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Victorian Marble Statue of The Flight from Pompeii - Detail

This magnificent Victorian marble statue of The Flight from Pompeii resides in the Statuary House of the Ballarat Botanic Gardens.

Inspired by the gift of twelve marble statues to the people of Ballarat by Thomas Stoddart (1828 - 1905), James Russell Thomson (1818 - 1952) left a bequest from which The Flight from Pompeii and five other statues were purchased. They were presented to the people of Ballarat on 3rd August 1888.

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Uploaded on March 9, 2011
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