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Prometheus Chained, 4

Maker

(artist)
1755-1826

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

(publisher)

Title

Prometheus Chained, 4

Date of Production

12.1.1795

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 20.5 cm
Width: 27.3 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4342.5

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 : lower left margin & recto : : Io //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : Still, when retired to rest, air-bodced forms / Visit my slumbers nightly soothing me / Prometheus Chain'd 4. //

Inscription: inscription : typed : lower centre margin & recto : later Witt inscription : J. FLAXMAN //

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper right margin & recto : : 4 //

Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil : upper right margin & recto : later Witt inscription : 7 //

Inscription: inscription : manuscript pen : lower right centre margin & recto : later Witt inscription : Tragedies of Aeschylus. //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : lower right margin & recto : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil : upper right margin & verso : later Witt inscription : 814/61(35) //

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