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Achilles contending with the Rivers

Maker

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1755-1826

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

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Title

Achilles contending with the Rivers

Date of Production

1.3.1805

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 18.6 cm
Width: 28.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4341.22

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 33. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin right & recto : : 21.325 //

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin centre & recto : : ACHILLES CONTENDING WITH THE RIVERS. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : HE SAID, AND ON THE CHIEF DESCENDS AMAIN, / INCREAS'D WITH GORE AND SWELLIN WITH THE SLAIN. / Pope's Homers Iliad B.21 Line 379. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right & recto : : Xanthus Achilles Simois //

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

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