Egeria. 1855 summer Master of the Salters' Company

Master of the Salters' Company and Colonel of a regiment of the East London Militia

and the tower of St John's dominating the scene

'Mount Vesuvius

there are musicians playing

(his future home - still under construction)

Egeria. 1855 summer Master of the Salters' CompanyEgeria. 1855. In Roman religion, she was a water spirit worshiped in connection with Diana at Aricia and also with the Camenae in their grove outside the Porta Capena at Rome. Like Diana, she was a protectress of pregnant women and, like the Camenae, was considered prophetic. Traditionally she was the wife, or mistress, and adviser of King Numa Pompilius, who established the grove at Rome and consorted with her there.