Polyphemus Throwing Boulder at Acis, with Galatea (recto), and Pholyphemus Lifting Boulder (verso)

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

John William Taverner

Title

Polyphemus Throwing Boulder at Acis, with Galatea (recto), and Pholyphemus Lifting Boulder (verso)

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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Artist's working dates 1723–1772

Medium

Black chalk, and brush and gray wash (recto), and black chalk, and brush and brown wash (verso), on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

42.8 × 28.9 cm (16 7/8 × 11 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.1470

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