print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1853,1210.559
Title: Object: Nestor Appearing in a Dream to Agamemnon
Description: The King sitting up in his bed, his body twisted around to look at the vision of Nestor hovering between the curtains above him; after a lost painting by Fuseli, illustration to Pope's translation of Homer's 'Iliad'; proof before letters. 1805 Engraving
Producer name: After: Henry Fuseli; Print made by: James Heath
School/style: British
Production date: 1805
Materials: paper
Technique: engraving
Dimensions: Height: 207 millimetres; Width: 155 millimetres
Bibliographic references: Weinglass 1994 / Prints and engraved book illustrations by and after Henry Fuseli (228.II); Schiff 1973 / Johann Heinrich Füssli 1741-1825 (1242); Heath 1993 / The Heath Family Engravers: Vol I, James Heath A.R.A & Vol II, Charles Heath & sons Frederick & Alfred (1805,7.3)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: dream/vision; myth/legend
Associated names: Illustration to: Alexander Pope (translator); Illustration to: Homer; Representation of: Nestor; Representation of: Agamemnon
Associated titles
Acquisition name: Purchased from: A E Evans & Sons
Acquisition date: 1853
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1853,1210.559

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