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Hector and Ajax separated by the Heralds

Maker

(artist)
1755-1826

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

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Title

Hector and Ajax separated by the Heralds

Date of Production

1.3.1805

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 18.9 cm
Width: 28.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4341.12

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

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin left & recto : : Plate 15. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin right & recto : : 7.277 //

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin centre & recto : : HECTOR [ampersand] AJAX SEPARATED BY THE HERALDS. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : BETWEEN THEIR SWORDS THEIR PEACEFUL SCEPTRES REAR'D. / Pope's Homers Iliad B.7 Line 335. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right & recto : : Ajax Hector //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right & recto : : Piroli sc. //

Inscription: inscription : typed : lower margin centre & recto : later Witt inscription : J. FLAXMAN //

Inscription: inscription : manuscript pen and ink : lower margin centre & recto : later Witt inscription : Iliad //

Inscription: inscription : pencil : upper left & recto : later Witt inscription : 816/51 (8) //

Inscription: inscription : stamp : lower centre & verso : : WITT / LIBRARY //

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