History Atlas · Portrait Medallions

Portraits from Uruk (c. 3100 BC) and Alexander to the Thirty Years' War & French Revolution

The Shepherd portrait cabinet

Historical Portrait Medallions

Each medallion pairs a surviving sculpture, coin, relief, or documented later likeness with a restoration rendered in the William R. Shepherd Historical Atlas (1911) chromolithograph style. Open a portrait to compare the source artifact and restoration side by side.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Consul of 63 BC · Philosopher & Orator

🏛️ Authentic Archaeological Artifact
Museum original bust
Musei Capitolini, Rome

Weathered surface, chipped nose bridge and lips.

🎨 Restored Shepherd Atlas Portrait (1911 Style)
Restored Shepherd atlas portrait
Completed Classical Restoration

Chipped stone reconstructed, intact facial features, toga praetexta, Shepherd warm chromolithograph palette.

Restored Portrait
Museum Bust
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