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Print (Engraving, Etching, Hand-Coloured) The Shield of Achilles as descirbed by Homer Illiad 18th in Twelve Compartments, with Description, Published in The Universal Magazine, London, 1749

Inventory Number 14390


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.14390

Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
The SHIELD of ACHILLES, as described/by Homer, Iliad 18th in 12 Compartments; With ye Heavens/and Earth in the middle, and the Waves of the/Ocean round the whole Circumference.
Physical material
Paper
Physical medium
Black ink
Hand-Coloured
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 200mm Width: 212mm
Inventory No
14390

Description

Depiction of twelve compartments of shield of Achilles, with three images of a peaceful town, three of pastoral life, three of agriculture, and three of a town in war. It is mounted with text describing the shield on verso.