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Tiresias, Inferno Canto 20, Plate 21

Maker

(artist)
1755-1826

(engraver)
ca. 1752-1824 (Life dates)

(publisher)

Title

Tiresias, Inferno Canto 20, Plate 21

Date of Production

01/05/1807

Medium

Engraving, black ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 16 cm
Width: 20.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4273.17

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

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Exhibition History

Print Room Display - Flaxman's Dante, The Courtauld Gallery (Prints and Drawings Study Room), 25/02/2016-24/06/2016

Inscriptions

Inscription: Sheet, recto: upper centre margin, black ink: TIRESIAS.; upper right corner, black ink: 21; lower centre margin, black ink: Tiresia / LI DUO SERPENTI AVVOLTI CON LA VERGA. HIS CHARMED ROD THE MINGLING SERPENTS STRUCK. / Inferno Canto 20. Sheet, recto: lower centre margin, black print: J. FLAXMAN.

Stamp: Sheet, recto: upper left margin, black ink stamp: WITT/ LIBRARY

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