Sleep and Death with Sarpedon - Original Engraving after Fuseli - 1806

Original copper engraving by James Stow after a painting by Henry Fuseli. It shows Hypnos and Thanatos carrying the body of Sarpedon from the battlefield to Lycia, an episode from Book XVI of the Iliad, rendered with the taut, elongated drawing characteristic of Fuseli.

Below the image, in ink and in an old hand, the English title: "Sleep & Death conveying the dead body of Sarpedon from the field of battle to Lycia".

Medium: Copper engraving.
Artist / after: Henry Fuseli, R.A.
Engraver / lithographer: James Stow.
Date: 1806.
Dimensions: 4.6 x 5.9 in (11.6 x 15 cm).
Condition: Paper toned, with damp staining at the edges and creases in the lower corners.