Plants by a river (lines 18, 19, 20), cattle watched by lions (lines 21, 22), a child in a cradle (lines 23, 24, 25) and a tree with vines (lines 28, 29, 30): illustrations of Eclogue IV Illustrations to Virgil's Eclogues and Imitations of Virgil's Eclogues
Printmaker: Unknown
Bequest of Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio
Production date: circa AD 1820
Four illustrations on the same sheet.
Support
composed of
wove paper
( remains of binding along edge)
Sheet
Height 173 mm
Width 103 mm
Image
Height 26 mm
Height 30 mm
Height 35 mm
Height 36 mm
Width 75 mm
Width 76 mm
Width 77 mm
Width 80 mm
Accession number: P.2075-1991 (17)
Primary reference Number: 95014
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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