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John Flaxman
1755-1826
Two sketches of the Ghost of Clytaemnestra Awakening the Furies (Eumenides)
[ca. 1793]
Pencil, pen and black ink, on paper.
10 5/8 x 7 11/16 inches (270 x 194 mm)
Gift of Mr. Janos Scholz.
1952.12
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Watermark: dove holding a leaf in its beak and three mounts in a circle, surmounted by a smaller, cross-topped circle enclosing the letters "CC" back to back below the letter "F".
One of ten preliminary sketches for illustrations to "Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus" designed by John Flaxman, engraved by Thomas Piroli, Rome, 1793.
Inscription:
Inscribed at lower right, in pen and black ink, "W Blake".
Provenance:
Dr. Max A. Goldstein, St. Louis; Janos Scholz, New York (see Lugt S. 2933b).
Associated names:
Goldstein, Max A. (Max Aaron), 1870-1941, former owner.
Scholz, János, former owner.
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