Giuditta Pasta in the role of Medea: she embraces her children (left) and then throws her arms up in anticipation of murdering them (right). Lithograph by John Hayter, 1827.

  • Hayter, John, 1800-1895.
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[1827]
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27310i
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An episode in the opera Medea in Corinto, 1813, by Simon Mayr

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[London] : [John Hayter and John Dickinson], [1827] ([London] : Printed by C. Hullmandel)

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1 print : lithograph ; image 17.5 x 31 cm

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Act 2nd scene IX. Miseri pargoletti. Drawn on stone by John Hayter.

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Wellcome Collection 27310i

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