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Homeric Table (The Shield of Achilles) - designed by John Henning Junior Esq..., 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Homeric Table (The Shield of Achilles) - designed by John Henning Junior Esq., for the Gallery of the Right Hon. Lord Northwick, 1850. 'This exquisite work...will shortly be deposited in his Lordship's Gallery, at Thirlestane House, Cheltenham. The design of the sculptor, in the portion of the Table here engraved, is to illustrate Homer's description of the Shield of Achilles (Vide Pope's Translation of the "Iliad"...). This circular top is four feet in diameter, and is supported by a palm-tree springing from a tripod base, on which are grouped figures of Achilles, Briseis, Thetis, and a Triton, attended by genii upon the backs of dolphins...beautifully executed in carton-pierre, of the new white of zinc, portions...being relieved with gold, as is also the encircling framework of the Table'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.
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Homeric Table (The Shield of Achilles) - designed by John Henning Junior Esq..., 1850. Creator: Unknown.
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Homeric Table (The Shield of Achilles) - designed by John Henning Junior Esq., for the Gallery of the Right Hon. Lord Northwick, 1850. 'This exquisite work...will shortly be deposited in his Lordship's Gallery, at Thirlestane House, Cheltenham. The design of the sculptor, in the portion of the Table here engraved, is to illustrate Homer's description of the Shield of Achilles (Vide Pope's Translation of the "Iliad"...). This circular top is four feet in diameter, and is supported by a palm-tree springing from a tripod base, on which are grouped figures of Achilles, Briseis, Thetis, and a Triton, attended by genii upon the backs of dolphins...beautifully executed in carton-pierre, of the new white of zinc, portions...being relieved with gold, as is also the encircling framework of the Table'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.
Personalities:
JOHN HENNING
Credit:
Album / The Print Collector/Heritage Images
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Image size:
4960 x 4389 px | 62.3 MB
Print size:
42.0 x 37.2 cm | 16.5 x 14.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
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