print;
newspaper/periodical
- Museum number
- 1868,0822.2903
- Description
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A city in ancient Greece, after Linton; people on steps in front of a temple in the foreground, with trees round the curved collonaded portico, preparing to offer a scrifice and looking to left towards a galley carrying men in armour which rows past, other galleys lined up to left in front of another temples, more in the harbour beyond to right with town buildings rising above, including a bridge lined by statues across a cascade, to left; proof before any letters for the 'Literary Souvenir' (1828, opposite p. 145 ) and subsequently reprinted in the Royal Gallery of British Art circa 1840. 1828
Etching and engraving on chine collé
- Production date
- 1828
- Dimensions
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Height: 128 millimetres
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Width: 190 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- See 2005,0429.45 for the illustrated book, this plate is titled 'The return of a victorious armament to a Greek city'.
See 1856,0510.19 for another later impression for the Royal Series of British Art, 1840.
We are grateful to Gary Simons (email June 2020) for information on the publication of this print in the 'Literary Souvenir'.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Literary Souvenir
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0822.2903