Prometheus Chained, 3
Maker
(artist)
1755-1826
(engraver)
ca. 1752-1824 (Life dates)
(publisher)
1755-1826
(engraver)
ca. 1752-1824 (Life dates)
(publisher)
Title
Prometheus Chained, 3
Date of Production
12.1.1795
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 27.8 cm
Width: 27.8 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4342.4
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
Keywords
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : Oceanus Prometheus [and] Nymphs //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : For distant, thro' the vast expanse of air / To thee, Prometheus, on this Swift wing'd steed, / Whose neck unreined obeys my will, I come / Prometheus Chain'd 3'. //
Inscription: inscription : typed : lower centre margin & recto : later Witt inscription : J. FLAXMAN //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper right margin & recto : : 3 //
Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil : upper right margin & recto : later Witt inscription : 6 //
Inscription: inscription : manuscript pen : lower right margin & recto : later Witt inscription : Tragedies of Aeschylus. //
Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil : lower left margin & recto : later Witt inscription : EXH[colon] RA TREASURES 1963; NO 100 //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : centre & verso : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil : upper left margin & verso : later Witt inscription : 927/39(6) //
Inscription: inscription : typed : centre & verso : pasted cut-out : [paragraph of text about Flaxman's Prometheus drawings] //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : For distant, thro' the vast expanse of air / To thee, Prometheus, on this Swift wing'd steed, / Whose neck unreined obeys my will, I come / Prometheus Chain'd 3'. //
Inscription: inscription : typed : lower centre margin & recto : later Witt inscription : J. FLAXMAN //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper right margin & recto : : 3 //
Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil : upper right margin & recto : later Witt inscription : 6 //
Inscription: inscription : manuscript pen : lower right margin & recto : later Witt inscription : Tragedies of Aeschylus. //
Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil : lower left margin & recto : later Witt inscription : EXH[colon] RA TREASURES 1963; NO 100 //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : centre & verso : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil : upper left margin & verso : later Witt inscription : 927/39(6) //
Inscription: inscription : typed : centre & verso : pasted cut-out : [paragraph of text about Flaxman's Prometheus drawings] //
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