Flaxman -Priam Begging for the Body of Hector
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| ARTIST'S NAME: | COUNTRY: | BORN - DIED: | |
| John | Flaxman | England | 1755-1826 |
| TITLE: | |||
| Priam Begging for the Body of Hector | |||
| DATE: | MEDIUM: | DIMENSIONS: | |
| drawing-paper | 19 1/2' x 21' | ||
| DESCRIPTION: | |||
| Priam pleading for the body of Hector - line drawing, figure of an elderly man pleading on knees before seated figure of another more youthful man. Semi-draped standing figures of 2 men to right, no background. Beneath the center of drawing is a quot- ation from Pope's Iliad, Book 24, line 634. | |||
| CREDIT: | ACCESSION #: | ||
| gift of John Hemming Fry | 46.28 | ||
