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Vierunddreissig Umrisse zur Ilias / von J. Flaxman ; nach dem englischen originale gezeichnet und gestochen von Schnorr

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

RA Collection: Book

Record number

19/775

Author

Variant Title

Thirty-four outlines to the Iliad / by J. Flaxman; drawn after the English original and engraved by Schnorr

Imprint

Liegzig: Verlag von Georg Joachim Goschen, 1844

Physical Description

34 plates. ; 12 x 17 cm.

General Note

Bound with Achtundzwanzig Umrisse zur Odyssee von J. Flaxman nach dem englischen Originale gezeichnet und gestochen von Schnorr / Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Leipzig: Verlag von Georg Joachim Goschen, 1846.

Summary Note

The engravings of Flaxman's Iliad compositions were first published in June 1793 in London (The Iliad Of Homer Engraved By Thomas Piroli From The Compositions Of John Flaxman Sculptor Rome 1793), with 34 unnumbered plates. Flaxman's original drawings are preserved in the Royal Academy.

Binding Note

Spine title: Ilias und Odyssee

Name as Subject

Homer, Iliad

Subject

Mythology, Greek - Heroes - Trojan War
Greek poetry - Epics - Epic poetry - Greece
Drawings - 18th century - Neoclassical
Pictorial works - Illustrated books - Germany - 18th century - 19th century

Contributors

John Flaxman RA, source artist
Homer, Iliad
Georg Joachim Göschen, publisher