print
- Museum number
- 1866,1114.398
- Title
- Object: Sextus, (the Son of Pompey), applying to Erictho, to know the fate of the Battle of Pharsalia
- Description
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Sextus at the cave of Erictho, starting back towards the right, and turning away his head, at the sight of the dead soldier which the witch calls up to tell him the fate of the battle, while she kneels on the right, looking manically at a bundle of snakes clutched in her right hand; after Mortimer. 1776
Mezzotint
- Production date
- 1776
- Dimensions
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Height: 604 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 480 millimetres (sheet)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The plate was later re-issued by Boydell on 4 July 1778 (impression with Christopher Lennox-Boyd)
See D. Petherbridge, 'Witches and Wicked Bodies'. Exhibition catalogue Edinburgh 2013, cat No. 71
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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2013 Aug - Nov, Edinburgh, Scottish NG, Witches and Wicked Bodies
2014-15, Sept - Jan. London, BM, Witches and Wicked Bodies
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Pharsalia (Bk 6)
- Acquisition date
- 1866
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1866,1114.398