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Caius Marius mourning over the ruins of Carthage

Maker

(artist)
1789-1854

Walter Wallis (engraver)
active 1851-1893 (Life dates)

Title

Caius Marius mourning over the ruins of Carthage

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 11.2 cm
Width: 15 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.5079

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: recto: lower left: Drawn by John Martin.

Inscription: recto: lower right: Engraved by W. Wallis

Inscription: recto: lower centre: Caius Marius mourning over the ruins of Carthage.

Inscription: recto: lower left, typed: Heath's Gall. 1836.

Inscription: recto: upper right, on mount, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower centre & recto : pasted on : CAIUS MARIUS MOURNING OVER THE / RUINS OF CARTHAGE. / DRAWN BY JOHN MARTIN. / He turn'd him from the setting sun, / Now sinking in the bay: - / He knew that so his course was run, / But with no coming day; / From gloomy seas and stormy skies / He had no other morn to rise. / He sat the column at his feet, / The temple low beside; / A few wild-flowers blossom'd sweet / Above the column's pride; / And many a wave of drifted sand / The arch, the once triumphal, spann'd. / The place of pleasant festival, / The calm and quiet home, / The senate, with its pillar'd hall, / The palace with its dome, - / All things in which men boast and trust, / Lay prone in the unconscious dust. / Vide a Poem by L.E.L. Keepsake, 1833, p. 65.

Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil : upper centre & verso : later Witt inscription : C.I. Neg no. 629/58(25) //

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