Hesiod Counsels Perseus
Maker
(artist)
1755-1826
(engraver)
ca. 1752-1824 (Life dates)
(publisher)
1755-1826
(engraver)
ca. 1752-1824 (Life dates)
(publisher)
Title
Hesiod Counsels Perseus
Date of Production
(?) 1818
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 31.7 cm
Width: 31.7 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4343.2
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 : centre within image & recto : : OUVRAGES / ET JOURS D'HÉSIODE //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : Hésiode donne des avis à Perse. / O Perse que mes paroles soient gravées fortement dans ton coeur. / Ecoute la justice et renonce aux pretéxtes de l'oppresseur. //
Inscription: inscription : printed: lower right corner & recto : : Hésiod. 274. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper right corner & recto : : 2. //
Inscription: inscription : typed : lower centre margin & recto : later Witt inscription : J. FLAXMAN //
Inscription: inscription : manuscript pen : lower margin & recto : later Witt inscription : Hesiod. //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper left margin & recto : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil : upper left corner & recto : later Witt inscription : 816/66(14) //
Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : Hésiode donne des avis à Perse. / O Perse que mes paroles soient gravées fortement dans ton coeur. / Ecoute la justice et renonce aux pretéxtes de l'oppresseur. //
Inscription: inscription : printed: lower right corner & recto : : Hésiod. 274. //
Inscription: inscription : printed : upper right corner & recto : : 2. //
Inscription: inscription : typed : lower centre margin & recto : later Witt inscription : J. FLAXMAN //
Inscription: inscription : manuscript pen : lower margin & recto : later Witt inscription : Hesiod. //
Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper left margin & recto : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //
Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil : upper left corner & recto : later Witt inscription : 816/66(14) //
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