print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1978,U.1942
- Description
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The Battle of Pharsalus, a soldier on a rearing horse to right, raising a spear to strike at two foot soldiers in front of him, each holding a spear, another pair in the foreground to left, one standing over the other with a drawn sword, and a city in the background; illustration to Lucan's 'Pharsalia', Book VII, p. 264 overleaf; after Chéron. 1718
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1718
- Dimensions
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Height: 95 millimetres
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Width: 182 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.1942
