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Pandora brought to the earth

Maker

(artist)
1755-1826

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

(publisher)

Title

Pandora brought to the earth

Date of Production

(?) 1818

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 31.7 cm
Width: 23.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4343.6

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 margin & recto : : Pandore conduite sur la terre. / Jupiter ordonna au messager des Cieux de la conduire / au travers de l'air dans les mains d'Epiméthée. //

Inscription: inscription : printed: lower right corner & recto : : Hésiod. 85. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper right corner & recto : : 6. //

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 : lower left & verso : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil : bottom left corner & recto : later Witt inscription : 816/64(4) //

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