Jean Pierre Simon

Circe Going Home towards the Sea Side to Receive Ulysses

Maker

Jean Pierre Simon (British, a. 1750-c. 1810)
John Flaxman (English, 1755 - 1826), designer
Rudolph Ackermann (1764-1834), publisher
Ostervald the Elder, publisher

Title

Circe Going Home towards the Sea Side to Receive Ulysses

Year

1803

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

stipple engraving (printing process)

Supports

Dimensions

29 x 42.7 cm (11 7/16 x 16 13/16 inches) (plate)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Verso:in pencil inscribed, UL:Buhot/J D Harding ; inscribed in black and red ink on white label in UL:EA/433/RIn Plate--Inscribed, LL:Flaxman del. ; inscribed, LR:J. P. Simon Sculp. ; titled, left side of bottom margin:CIRCE GOING TOWARDS THE SEA SIDE TO /RECEIVE ULYSSES. ; titled in French, right side of bottom margin:CIRCÉ SE REND SUR LE BORD DE LA MER,/ POUR Y RECEVOIR ULISSE. ; inscribed along bottom edge of plate:London Pub: 16. Sep. 1803. by R. Ackermann at his Repository of Arts .101. Strand.Déposé à la Bibliothèque Nationale, an 12.Et à Paris chez Ostervald, l'ainé, Rue Pelletier, N°. 3.

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Bequest of Mrs. Hope Brown Russell

Object Number

09.889

Type

Exhibition History

The Age of Canova
Nov 06, 1957 – Dec 15, 1957

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Tombstone

Jean Pierre Simon (British, a. 1750-c. 1810)
John Flaxman (English, 1755 - 1826), designer
Rudolph Ackermann (1764-1834), publisher
Ostervald the Elder, publisher
Circe Going Home towards the Sea Side to Receive Ulysses, 1803
stipple engraving (printing process)
29 x 42.7 cm (11 7/16 x 16 13/16 inches) (plate)
Bequest of Mrs. Hope Brown Russell 09.889

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