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Object Type
Museum number: 2010,7081.6229
Description: The family of Pyrrhus at the court of King Menelaus and Helen of Troy, asking for refuge; a warrior standing on the right, gesturing at his kneeling wife and his child, who kneels on a cushion, reaching up and exciting the pity of the monarch; members of the court are gathered among the pillars behind; after Kauffman; unlettered proof. Mezzotint printed in brown ink
Producer name: Print made by: Jakob Friedrich Clerck; After: Angelica Kauffman
School/style: Austrian; British
Production date: 1899
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 665 millimetres (trimmed?); Width: 848 millimetres
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Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Representation of: Menelaus; Representation of: Helen; Representation of: Neoptolemos
Acquisition name
Funder name: With contribution from: National Heritage Memorial Fund; With contribution from: Art Fund; With contribution from: British Museum Friends; With contribution from: Friends of Prints and Drawings; With contribution from: Mrs Charles Wrightsman; With contribution from: Michael Marks Charitable Trust
Acquisition date: 2010
Acquisition notes: Acquired with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Friends of the British Museum, the Art Fund, Mrs Charles Wrightsman, the Michael Marks Charitable Trust, and numerous individual donors.
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 2010,7081.6229

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