drawing
- Museum number
- 1911,0223.3
- Description
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Meleager presents the boar's head to Atalanta; Meleager on the right holding the head in a cloth, with a figure and a dog behind him, and Atalanta seated on the left, her right hand leaning on a bow, her left hand outstretched, a figure with a quiver behind her, and two dogs curled up in the foreground
Watercolour
- Production date
- 1735-1808
- Dimensions
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Height: 114 millimetres
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Width: 121 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- After the tapestry cartoon by Lebrun in the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, showing the story of Melanger, for the Duke d' Orleans. The design was engraved by Picart (in reverse) in 1714.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1969, BM, 'Royal Academy Draughtsmen 1769-1969', no.139
- Acquisition date
- 1911
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1911,0223.3