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Departure of Briseis from the Tent of Achilles, The

Maker

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1755-1826

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ca. 1752-1824 (Life dates)

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Title

Departure of Briseis from the Tent of Achilles, The

Date of Production

1.3.1805

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 18.9 cm
Width: 31.6 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4341.2

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

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Inscriptions

Inscription: Inscription : printed : upper margin left & recto : : Plate 3. //

Inscription: Inscription : printed : upper margin right & recto : : 1.316 //

Inscription: Inscription : printed : upper margin centre & recto : : THE DEPARTURE OF BRISEIS FROM THE TENT OF ACHILLES. //

Inscription: Inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : Achilles Patroclus Briseis / PATROCLUS NOW TH'UNWILLING BEAUTY BROUGHT; / SHE, IN SOFT SORROWS, AND IN PENSIVE THOUGHT. / PAST SILENT, AS THE HERALDS HELD HER HAND, / AND OFT LOOK'D BACK, SLOW MOVING OE'R THE STRAND. / Pope's Homers Iliad B.1 Line 450. //

Inscription: Inscription : printed : lower margin right & recto : : Piroli se. //

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 //

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