Penelope carrying the Bow of Ulysses to the Suitors
Maker
(artist)
1755-1826
(engraver)
(printer)
1755-1826
(engraver)
(printer)
Title
Penelope carrying the Bow of Ulysses to the Suitors
Date of Production
1805
Medium
Engraving, black ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 23.3 cm
Width: 31.5 cm
Width: 31.5 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4274.31
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
wreathed
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Sheet, Recto: upper left corner, black ink: plate 30; upper centre margin, black ink: PENELOPE CARRYING THE BOW OF ULYSSES TO THE SUITORS.; upper right corner, black ink: 21.59; lower centre margin, black ink: TO THE PROUD SUITORS BEARS IN PENSIVE STATE / TH' UNBENDED BOW, AND ARROWS WING'D WITH FATE. / Pope's Homers Odyfsey B.21. Line 61.; lower right corner of image, black ink: Neagle sc
Sheet, Recto: lower centre margin, black print: J. FLAXMAN; lower centre margin, blue ink pen: Odyssey; upper left margin, pencil: 814/39(19)
Stamp: Sheet, verso: upper left corner, black ink stamp: WITT / LIBRARY
Stamp: Sheet, verso: upper left corner, black ink stamp: WITT / LIBRARY
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