Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery has acquired a rare set of prints of Roman frescoes that can now be seen on display in The Breakfast Room.

Ancient Roman frescoes excavated from the Villa Negroni in July 1977 are believed to have greatly impressed John Soane during his visit to Rome the following year.

The dramatic influence the ancient house dating from the 2nd Century CE had on Soane's architectural style can be seen throughout Pitzhanger Manor from the arches and domed ceilings to iconography and colour palettes.

Between 1778 and 1802 the architect Camillo Buti oversaw the production of twelve prints of the frescoes, based on original drawings carried out by Anton Raphael Mengs and Anton von Maron.

The set of ten prints now acquired by Pitzhanger are thought to be 19th century chromolithographs based on the series of engravings Angelo Campanella developed from Mengs and von Maron's drawings.

A depiction of the myth of Bacchus and Ariadne is one of the prints now on public display, along with a print of the wounded Adonis seated with Venus.