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Sleep and Death conveying the body of Sarpedon to Lycia
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ca. 1752-1824 (Life dates)
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Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin right & recto : : 16.681 //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin centre & recto : : SLEEP AND DEATH CONVEYING THE BODY OF SARPEDON TO LYCIA. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : THEN SLEEP AND DEATH TWO TWINS OF WINGED RACE, / OF MATCHLESS SWIFTNESS, BUT OF SILENT PACE, / RECEIV'D SARPEDON, AND THE GOD'S COMMAND / AND IN A MOMENT REACH'D THE LYCIAN LAND. / Pope's Homers Iliad B.16 Line 831. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right & recto : : Sleep Sarpedon Death //
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 : 816/53 (18) //
Inscription: inscription : stamp : lower centre & verso : : WITT / LIBRARY //
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