print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1868,0822.1045
- Description
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Achilles mourning Patrocles; the latter's body lying surrounded by grieving figures, including Achilles approaching from the left and placing his hand upon his friend's chest; Hector's body lies on the ground, his heels pierced with leather bounds; in decorative border, with globe adorned with fleur-de-lys at the bottom; proof before letter of illustration to canto XXIII of the Iliad in 'Oeuvres complètes d'Homère, traduction nouvelle' (Paris: Didot l'aîné, 1786)
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1786 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 302 millimetres (sheet; not plate mark)
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Width: 225 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1868,0822.979 for comment on book.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Oeuvres complètes (1786-88)
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Associated Title: The Iliad
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0822.1045