print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1932,0426.7
- Description
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Alexander the Great trampling a lion underfoot and submitting Gaia, personified by a female figure wearing a crenelated crown and leaning on a shield bearing the Greek inscription 'ΓΗ'; after Gérard; illustration to 'Alexandre', Act I scene 1, in 'Oeuvres complètes de Jean Racine' (first published in Paris by Didot, 1798-1805?). c.1798/1805
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1798-1805 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 457 millimetres
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Width: 320 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1932,0426.1 for comment on the set.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Alexandre
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Associated Title: Oeuvres complètes de Jean Racine (1798-1805)
- Acquisition date
- 1932
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1932,0426.7