Collection Anger of Achilles for the Loss of Briseis

Anger of Achilles for the Loss of Briseis

Domenico Cunego, Artist Gavin Hamilton, Artist John and Josiah Boydell, Publisher
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About the Artwork

Anger of Achilles for the Loss of Briseis

18th century

Domenico Cunego (Artist) Italian, 1727-1794 Gavin Hamilton (Artist) English, 1723-1798 John and Josiah Boydell (Publisher) English

Etching and engraving in ink on wove paper

Plate: 17 7/8 × 24 3/4 inches (45.4 × 62.9 cm) Sheet: 20 3/8 × 26 7/8 inches (51.8 × 68.3 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S340

Public Domain

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Inscribed, in plate below image, lower left: Gavinus Hamilton Pinxit. Inscribed, lower right: Dominicus Cunego Sculpsit. Inscribed, center bottom margin: The anger of Achilles for the Loss of Briseis. | From the Original Picture in the Collection of Lord Viscount Palmerston. Inscribed, bottom left edge of plate: Published by John & Josiah Boydell, No. 90 Cheapside, London Inscribed, bottom right edge: See Popes Homers Iliad. Vol. 1 Book 1.

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July 1886, H. W. Lord.
Mrs. James E. Scripps [Harriet J.];
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Domenico Cunego; after Gavin Hamilton, Anger of Achilles for the Loss of Briseis, 18th century, etching and engraving in ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S340.

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