Original outline engraving from Homer's Odyssey, after a composition by John Flaxman: Mercury, sent by Jupiter, orders Calypso to let Ulysses go, after keeping him seven years on her island. Engraved by Joaquín Pi y Margall, around 1860.
Original outline engraving from Homer's Odyssey, after a composition by John Flaxman: Mercury, sent by Jupiter, orders Calypso to let Ulysses go, after keeping him seven years on her island. Engraved by Joaquín Pi y Margall, around 1860.
Medium: Outline copper engraving
Artist / after: John Flaxman (1755-1826)
Engraver / lithographer: Joaquín Pi y Margall
Date: circa 1860
Source: Complete works of Flaxman engraved in outline by D. Joaquín Pi y Margall; Odyssey, Book V, number 8
Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.1 in (26.4 x 18 cm)
Condition: With light damp staining in the right margin and scattered foxing spots.