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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1848,1125.569
Title: Object: Elysium and Tartarus or the State of Final Retribution; Series: Society of Arts
Description: Groups of the virtuous in Elysium, guarded by the Archangel Michael and other archangels, one holding a balance, at the edge of a cliff overlooking the sea of Tartarus full of lost souls to right; lettered state with lines through inscription. 1792 Etching
Producer name: Print made by: James Barry
School/style: British
Production date: 1792
Materials: paper
Technique: etching
Dimensions: Height: 422 millimetres; Width: 920 millimetres
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Curator's comments: See 1849,1031.241. For a related drawing, see 1874,0411.69. For a list of virtuous figures included, see comment for 1846, 0425.15.
Bibliographic references: Pressly / The Life and Art of James Barry (22.V)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Representation of: Archangel Michael; Representation of: Thales; Representation of: René Descartes; Representation of: Archimedes; Representation of: Roger Bacon; Representation of: Christopher Columbus; Representation of: Epaminondas; Representation of: Socrates; Representation of: Lucius Junius Brutus; Representation of: Cato the Younger; Representation of: Sir Thomas More; Representation of: Marcus Junius Brutus; Representation of: Robert Boyle; Representation of: Francis Bacon, Viscount St Albans; Representation of: Nicolaus Copernicus; Representation of: Galileo; Representation of: Sir Isaac Newton; Representation of: Anthony Ashley Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury; Representation of: John Locke; Representation of: Zeno of Elea; Representation of: Aristotle; Representation of: Plato; Representation of: Dr William Harvey; Representation of: Hippocrates; Representation of: Numa Pompilius; Representation of: Lycurgus of Sparta; Representation of: William Penn; Representation of: Titus; Representation of: Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, King of the Anglo-Saxons; Representation of: Antoninus Pius; Representation of: Trajan; Representation of: Edward, the Black Prince; Representation of: Admiral Andrea Doria; Representation of: Peter I the Great, Tsar of Russia; Representation of: Henry IV, King of England; Representation of: Charles I, King of England; Representation of: Jean Baptiste Colbert, Marquess of Seignelay; Representation of: Pope Leo X; Representation of: François I, King of France; Representation of: Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel; Representation of: Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre; Representation of: Origen; Representation of: Rt Rev Samuel Butler; Representation of: Blaise Pascal; Representation of: Confucius 孔夫子; Representation of: George Berkeley, Bishop of Cloyne; Representation of: Hugo de Groot; Representation of: Juan de Mariana; Representation of: Pope Adrian VI; Representation of: Jonathan Swift; Representation of: Desiderius Erasmus; Representation of: Miguel de Cervantes; Representation of: Laurence Sterne; Representation of: Alexander Pope; Representation of: William Mason; Representation of: Thomas Gray; Representation of: John Dryden; Representation of: Joseph Addison; Representation of: Jonathan Richardson Senior; Representation of: William Hogarth; Representation of: Oliver Goldsmith; Representation of: Henry Fielding; Representation of: Peter Paul Rubens; Representation of: Michelangelo; Representation of: Leonardo da Vinci; Representation of: Raphael; Representation of: Titian; Representation of: Antonio Correggio; Representation of: Apelles; Representation of: Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany; Representation of: Nicolas Poussin; Representation of: Ben Jonson; Representation of: Publius Terentius Afer; Representation of: Molière; Representation of: Menander; Representation of: Racine; Representation of: Pierre Corneille; Representation of: James Macpherson; Representation of: Alcaeus; Representation of: Sappho; Representation of: Horace; Representation of: Homer; Representation of: Virgil; Representation of: François Fénélon; Representation of: Torquato Tasso; Representation of: Lodovico Ariosto; Representation of: Dante; Representation of: Petrarch; Representation of: Laura de Noves; Associated with: Royal Society of Arts
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Jury
Acquisition date: 1848
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1848,1125.569
Conservation: Treatment: 30 Aug 2018

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