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Vulcan and Chares Receiving Thetis

Maker

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1755-1826

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

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Title

Vulcan and Chares Receiving Thetis

Date of Production

1.3.1805

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 18.7 cm
Width: 25.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4341.21

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 30. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin right & recto : : 18.427 //

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin centre & recto : : VULCAN AND CHARES RECEIVING THETIS. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : THE MONARCHS STEPS TWO FEMALE FORMS UPHOLD, / THAT MOV'D AND BREATH'D, IN ANIMATED GOLD. / Pope's Homers Iliad B.18 Line 485. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right & recto : : Thetis Chares Vulcan //

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 : 816/52(9) //

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

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