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Funeral of Hector, The

Maker

(artist)
1755-1826

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

(publisher)

(publisher)

(publisher)

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Title

Funeral of Hector, The

Date of Production

1.3.1805

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 18.9 cm
Width: 35.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4341.37

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

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin left & recto : : Plate 39. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin right & recto : : 24.787 //

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper margin centre & recto : : THE FUNERAL OF HECTOR. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : FORTH TO THE PILE WAS BORNE, THE MAN DIVINE, / AND PLAC'D ALOFT. / Pope's Homers Iliad B.24 Line 996. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right & recto : : Hector //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin right & recto : : Piroli sculp. //

Inscription: inscription : pencil : upper left & recto : later Witt inscription : 816/55 (31) //

Inscription: inscription : stamp : upper right & verso : : WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: inscription : typed : upper right & verso : : J. FLAXMAN //

Inscription: inscription : manuscript pen : upper right & verso : later Witt inscription : Illiad. //

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