John Flaxman

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John Flaxman
1755-1826
Penelope Surprised by the Suitors
Pen and brown ink over faint indications in graphite, on paper.
10 13/16 x 15 1/4 inches (274 x 386 mm)
Gift of Miss Louise Crane in memory of her mother, Mrs. W. Murray Crane.
1975.40:1

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Watermark: none.
Design for left-hand portion of pl. 4 in "The Odyssey of Homer Engraved from the Compositions of John Flaxman R. A. Sculptor", London, 1806.

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Numbered "58" on small blue-bordered label on verso.

Provenance: 
Mrs. W. Murray Crane; by descent to Louise Crane.
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Crane, Josephine Boardman, 1873-1972, former owner.
Crane, Louise, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. 262.

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