Thetis Bringing the Armour to Achilles
Maker
(artist)
1738-1820
(draughtsman)
1782-1870
(engraver)
1782-1870
(publisher)
1782-1870
1738-1820
(draughtsman)
1782-1870
(engraver)
1782-1870
(publisher)
1782-1870
Title
Thetis Bringing the Armour to Achilles
Date of Production
1 May 1811
Medium
Copper-plate engraving
Dimensions
Height: 24.3 cm
Width: 20.3 cm
Width: 20.3 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.3531.1
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Thetis
Patroclus
Notes
Part of a print series by Henry Moses for The Gallery of Pictures Painted by Benjamin West, published between 1811 and 1817.
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Stamp: Recto: upper centre and right, stamped in black: WITT / LIBRARY
Inscription: Recto: upper right, printed above image: Plate 1.
Maker's mark: Recto: lower left, printed below image: Painted by B. West, P. R. A.
Maker's mark: Recto: lower right, printed below image: Drawn & Engraved by H. Moses.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: THETIS BRINGING THE ARMOUR TO ACHILLES. / From the Original Picture in the possession of Thomas Hope Esq.r
Maker's mark: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: Published May 1. 1811, by H. Moses, 65, Newman Street.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, black ink: after B. WEST.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, typed: Thomas Hope Esq.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, typed: T. O.
Inscription: Recto: upper right, printed above image: Plate 1.
Maker's mark: Recto: lower left, printed below image: Painted by B. West, P. R. A.
Maker's mark: Recto: lower right, printed below image: Drawn & Engraved by H. Moses.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: THETIS BRINGING THE ARMOUR TO ACHILLES. / From the Original Picture in the possession of Thomas Hope Esq.r
Maker's mark: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: Published May 1. 1811, by H. Moses, 65, Newman Street.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, black ink: after B. WEST.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, typed: Thomas Hope Esq.
Inscription: Recto: lower right, typed: T. O.
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