print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1978,U.1941
- Description
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The aftermath of the battle of Pharsalia, Julius Caesar standing in front of a pile of dead soldiers, looking over his shoulder at a soldier who approaches with a message, pointing back to right, with troops behind him and a mounted standard-bearer at the head of another group of soldiers in the background to left; illustration to Lucan's 'Pharsalia', Book VII, verso lines 1196 ff; after Chéron. 1718
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1718
- Dimensions
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Height: 98 millimetres
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Width: 193 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See 1978,U.1937.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
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Associated Event: Roman Civil War 49 BC - 33 BC
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Associated Event: Battle of Pharsalus 48 BC
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Pharsalia
- Acquisition date
- 1968 (BM stamp)
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1978,U.1941