1943.693: Homer Invoking His Muse (Iliad)
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.693
- People
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John Flaxman, British (York, England 1755 - 1826 London, England)
- Title
- Homer Invoking His Muse (Iliad)
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- before 1805
- Culture
- British
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/298001
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Gray ink and graphite on cream wove paper
- Dimensions
- 18.1 x 25.2 cm (7 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.693
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Blake to Beardsley: A Century of English Illustrators, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), no. 47
- Jeffrey Fontana, Timeless Beauty: Representing the Ideal in Necoclassical Drawing, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1999), checklist no. 18, fig. 6
Exhibition History
- Blake to Beardsley: A Century of English Illustrators, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/01/1944 - 06/30/1944
- Timeless Beauty: Representing the Ideal in Neoclassical Drawing, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/07/1999 - 10/31/1999
Verification Level
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