print
- Museum number
- 1848,1125.566
- Title
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Object: Crowning the Victors at Olympia
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Series: Society of Arts
- Description
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An Olympic victor being crowned with laurel on the far right, with Diagoras carried on the shoulders of his two sons, a man on a rearing horse and a man holding the reins of a chariot in the procession behind him, with steps leading up to a grecian temple in the background and statues at either side of the composition, self-portrait of Barry with a palette beside him on the left; with horizontal lines ruled through the inscription. 1791
Etching
- Production date
- 1791
- Dimensions
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Height: 419 millimetres
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Width: 924 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- First published in 1792; the "Elysium" referred to was also published as a print (P. 22). See 1849,1031.241.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1848
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1848,1125.566