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Object Type
print
Museum number
1877,0609.1782
Title
Object:
Ulysses slaying the suitors of Penelope
Description
Ulysses standing seizing another arrow for his bow from a boy kneeling beside him as a suitor in the background drops dead with an arrow through his throat; after William Hamilton. 1803 Stipple
Producer name
Print made by:
Ignatius Joseph van den Berghe
After:
William Hamilton
Published by:
Molteno
School/style
British
Dutch
Production date
1803
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
stipple
Dimensions
Height:
580 millimetres
Width:
405 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Location
Not on display
Subjects
classical mythology
Associated names
Representation of:
Odysseus/Ulysses
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Louis Bihn
Acquisition date
1877
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1877,0609.1782