Pompey's Pillar Size:S: 36 x 28cm Alberich and Mime crawl out

Alberich and Mime crawl out from their respective hiding places to check that Fafner is dead

with handwritten annotation 'Rawlin[

British 'mopping-up' squad surprises a German straggler

Northampton's right hand is holding an upright paper-bound book on a table covered with a red patterned cloth and papers

and red ants (Myrmica rubra)

Pompey's Pillar Size:S: 36 x 28cm Alberich and Mime crawl outPompey's Pillar, Alexandria, Egypt, 19th century. Probably the best known ancient monument still standing in Alexandria, the pilliar actually has nothing to do with Pompey but was erected in 293 AD for the Roman Emperor Diocletian. From Egypt and Nubia, Vol 1, by David Roberts.