Achilles embracing the dead body of Patroclus, surrounded by women on the left and Greek generals on the right. Engraving by D. Cunego, ca. 1769, after G. Hamilton.

  • Hamilton, Gavin, 1723-1798.
Date:
[1769?]
Reference:
2856157i
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Publication/Creation

London (No. 90 Cheapside) : published by John & Josiah Boydell, [1769?]

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching ; platemark 44.1 x 61.7 cm

Lettering

Achilles laments the death of Patroclus. From the original painting in the collection of Sir Lodovick Grant Bar.t. See Pope's Homers Iliad vol. 4 book 18. Gavinus Hamilton pinxit ; Dominicus Cunego sculpsit

Edition

[State without subject lettering in Latin].

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2856157i

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