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Seven Chiefs against Thebes . 4 .
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1755-1826
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ca. 1752-1824 (Life dates)
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Width: 41.4 cm
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wailing
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Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil : upper margin left & recto : later Witt inscription : 814/56 (5) //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : Chorus Ismene Antigone Polynices Eteocles Herald//
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin centre & recto : : With what a ruthless and destructive rage / The Furies hurl their venegefull shafts around, / And desolate the house of OEdipus / Seven Chiefs against Thebes 4. //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right & verso : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : typed : centre right & verso : later Witt inscription : J. FLAXMAN //
Inscription: inscription : ink manuscript hand : lower right & verso : later Witt inscription : Tragedies of Aeschylus. //
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