Original outline engraving after John Flaxman's drawing for the Iliad: Discord flies with two lighted torches above the beached ships of the Greeks. It belongs to book XI and carries the number 20, with the Spanish caption of a Spanish edition of the Homeric series.
Original outline engraving after John Flaxman's drawing for the Iliad: Discord flies with two lighted torches above the beached ships of the Greeks. It belongs to book XI and carries the number 20, with the Spanish caption of a Spanish edition of the Homeric series.
Flaxman's outlines for Homer, engraved in pure line and without shading, were one of the most influential visual repertories of European neoclassicism.
Medium: Copper engraving in outline
Artist / after: John Flaxman
Engraver / lithographer: Pi
Date: 19th century
Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.4 in (23 x 13.8 cm)
Condition: Good condition; evenly toned paper, with two small spots of foxing in the upper margin.