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Age d'Airain

Maker

(artist)
1755-1826

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

(publisher)

Title

Age d'Airain

Date of Production

(?) 1818

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 18.6 cm
Width: 29.8 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4343.12

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 right margin & recto : : 12. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre margin & recto : : Age d'Airain. / Les Hommes tomberent sans honneurs et se plongerent successivement les uns / les autres dans les ténébres glacées ou les enfers. //

Inscription: inscription : printed: lower right margin & recto : : Hésiod. 123. //

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

Inscription: inscription : manuscript pen : lower centre margin & recto : later Witt inscription : Hésiod. //

Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil : upper left margin & recto : later Witt inscription : 816/66 (15)//

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

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