Henry Howard RA, Mutius Scaevola thrusting his hand into the fire before Porsenna, 1803.
Steel-engraving. 85 mm x 73 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Mutius Scaevola thrusting his hand into the fire before Porsenna, 1803
After Henry Howard RA (1769 - 1847)
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85 mm x 73 mm
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