The Iliad of Homer, The Odyssey of Homer, Compositions from The Tragedies of Aeschylus, and The Theogony, Works and Days of Hesiod
Medium
Illustrations: line engraving and stipple engraving (Hesiod only)
Dimensions
Book: 11 3/16 × 17 5/8 × 2 5/16 in. (28.4 × 44.7 × 5.8 cm) Plate: 7 11/16 x 10 1/4 in. (19.5 x 26.1 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Harvey Smith, 1977
Accession Number
1977.595.53
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
James Parker|John Flaxman|Tommaso Piroli|William Blake|James Neagle|Homer|Aeschylus|Hesiod|Robert Harding Evans|John and Arthur Arch|Jane Matthews|William Miller|Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown (British, Welsh|British|British|British|British|American) · 1755 |1765 |1750 |1786 |1564 |1809 –1831 |1836 |1805 |1804 |1616 |1859
British, Brecon, Wales 1755–1831 London|British, Reepham, Norfolk 1765–1836 London|British, London 1750–1805 London|British, 1786–1804|British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon|American, Brandon, Vermont 1809–1859 Plainfield, New Jersey