John Flaxman
1755-1826
"Behold this proud oppressor of my country; Choephora." Verso: study of a draped figure, lying prone
10 1/2 x 15 5/16 inches (266 x 391 mm)
Pen and brown ink, over graphite, on paper; verso: graphite.
1975.40:2
Gift of Miss Louise Crane in memory of her mother, Mrs. W. Murray Crane.
Notes
Watermark: none.
Design for pl. 26 in "Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus Designed by John Flaxman," London, 1831.
Design for pl. 26 in "Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus Designed by John Flaxman," London, 1831.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed in graphite on recto at lower center, "Clÿtemnestra" and "Aegisthus". Numbered "57" on small blue-bordered label on verso.
Associated names
Crane, Josephine Boardman, 1873-1972, former owner.
Crane, Louise, former owner.
Crane, Louise, former owner.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 262.
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