Engraved by Tommaso Piroli (Italian, c. 1752-1824) signed in plate lower right. The scene is labeled "Vulcan and Charles receiving Thetis. The monarchs steps two female figures uphold." After a design in the publication "The Iliad of Homer engraved from the composition of John Flaxman", London 1805. Finely hand colored in the manner of an ancient Greek red-figure vase in red on black ground.
Displayed glazed and finely matted in a black and gilt J. Pocker & Son frame.
Dimensions:
Frame: 15 1/4" H x 16 3/4" W x 1" D
Sight: 6 1/2" H x 9 1/2" W
Condition
Presents well.
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