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print
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frontispiece
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title-page
Object Type
print
frontispiece
title-page
Museum number
1852,0705.106
Description
Title-page and frontispiece to Suttaby's edition of 'Telemachus, translated from the French of Fenelon, by Dr Hawkesworth' on the same plate, the title-page at right with vignette of Minerva in clouds above Telemachus, both looking over at Venus and Cupid in the sky at right, and frontispiece at left with the protagonist kneeling before the goddess of wisdom; after Richard Cook, proof. 1807 Etching and engraving
Producer name
After:
John Thurston
After:
Richard Cook
Print made by:
Abraham Raimbach
Printed by:
John Edwards, FSA
(?)
Published by:
Suttaby (Evance & Fox)
Published by:
B & R Crosby & Co
School/style
British
Production date
1807
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
engraving
Dimensions
Height:
121 millimetres
Width:
140 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
See 1864,1210.200 for comment. See 1847,0204.41 and 41+ for proof before all letters.
Location
Not on display
Subjects
myth/legend
classical deity
Associated names
Illustration to:
François Fénélon
Illustration to:
John Hawkesworth
Representation of:
Telemachus
Representation of:
Athena/Minerva
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Telemachus
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Thomas Haviland Burke
Purchased through:
Christie's
(26.vi.1852/258 and 260)
Purchased through:
Holloway (& Son)
Acquisition date
1852
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1852,0705.106