print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1878,0713.2503
- Description
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Vignette, with Oedipus, wearing a helmet, kneeling on the ground on his left knee, holding a dagger in his right hand, grabbing the hair of the Sphinx with his left hand, lying in front of a cave with a pleading expression on her face; pyramid in background at left; proof illustration to an unidentified publication.
Wood-engraving
- Production date
- 1802-1818 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 54 millimetres (widest dimensions of image)
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Width: 82 millimetres (widest dimensions of image)
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- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1878
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1878,0713.2503