Sleep escaping from the Wrath of Jupiter
Maker
(artist)
1755-1826
(engraver)
ca. 1752-1824 (Life dates)
(publisher)
(publisher)
(publisher)
(publisher)
1755-1826
(engraver)
ca. 1752-1824 (Life dates)
(publisher)
(publisher)
(publisher)
(publisher)
Title
Sleep escaping from the Wrath of Jupiter
Date of Production
1.3.1805
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 24.7 cm
Width: 20.1 cm
Width: 20.1 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4341.16
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
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin left & recto : : Plate 23. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin right & recto : : 14.259 //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin centre & recto : : SLEEP ESCAPING FROM THE WRATH OF JUPITER //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : BUT GENTLE NIGHT TO WHOM I FLED FOR AID, / (THE FRIEND OF EEARTH AND HEAVEN) HER WINGS DISPLAY'D / Pope's Homers Iliad B.14 Line 294. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right & recto : : Sleep //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right & recto : : Piroli sculp. //
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 : lower left & recto : later Witt inscription : 816/51 (6) //
Inscription: inscription : stamp : lower centre & verso : : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin right & recto : : 14.259 //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin centre & recto : : SLEEP ESCAPING FROM THE WRATH OF JUPITER //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : BUT GENTLE NIGHT TO WHOM I FLED FOR AID, / (THE FRIEND OF EEARTH AND HEAVEN) HER WINGS DISPLAY'D / Pope's Homers Iliad B.14 Line 294. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right & recto : : Sleep //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right & recto : : Piroli sculp. //
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 : lower left & recto : later Witt inscription : 816/51 (6) //
Inscription: inscription : stamp : lower centre & verso : : WITT / LIBRARY //
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