%0 Drawing %E Hakewill, James, 1778-1843 %D 1817 %G zxx %T Rome, grotto of Egeria %U http://www.bsrdigitalcollections.it/islandora/object/HAKEWILL-DRAWINGS:154 %X The grotto is probably the remains of a nymphaeum belonging to the villa of Herodes Atticus. In the niche at the back is a reclining statue of a river goddess and on the sides of the chamber smaller arched niches.