The project was about bringing their stories to life for a wider audience, said Anna Eavis, English Heritage’s curatorial director. He travelled to Britain in AD208 and ordered the strengthening of Hadrian’s Wall and the reoccupation of the Antonine Wall, across what is now central Scotland, with a view to expanding his empire. Septimius Severus embodied and altered the image of the Roman empire.”The portrait goes on display from Wednesday at Corbridge Roman Town on Hadrian’s Wall. In 1850, Bonetta was presented as a “diplomatic gift” to a British naval captain, Frederick Forbes, and taken to England. The sixth painting is of James Chappell (1648-1730), a servant at Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire, who saved the life of the hall’s owner.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 09, 2021 06:00 UTC