The nymph Thetis has persuaded Vulcan; the blacksmith of the gods; to make a set of impregnable armour for her son Achilles. Painting from the House of the Skeleton (Casa di Achille) at 2; Regio IX; Insula V. Illustration drawn by Discanno and lithographed by Victor Steeger from Emil Presuhn's 鈥楶ompeji. Die Neuesten Ausgrabungen von 1874-1881;' Weigel; Leipzig; 1882. German archeologist Presuhn (1844-1881) lived in Italy for eight years and; with Mr. Discanno and Miss Amy Butts; made exact copies of many wall paintings that are now lost.