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
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