Jean Pierre Simon
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
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
stipple engraving (printing process)Supports
Dimensions
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29 x 42.7 cm (11 7/16 x 16 13/16 inches) (plate)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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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
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Credit
Bequest of Mrs. Hope Brown Russell
Object Number
09.889 Type
Exhibition History
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Tombstone
John Flaxman (English, 1755 - 1826), designer
Rudolph Ackermann (1764-1834), publisher
Ostervald the Elder, publisher
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