Signatures / Inscriptions: Inscribed in plate below image, center: “Atossa --- down my son / Fell from the seat---”; numbered [plate] 29, [illustration] 44
Edition: Illustration for The Persians by Aeschylus, published by J. Mathews, London; The Persians formed part of the larger work The Tragedies of Aeschylus, illustrated by Flaxman and published by Mathews.
Dimensions: 1826
Bibliography: David Bindman, et al., "John Flaxman/ Mythologie and Industrie" (Hamburger Kunsthalle, 1979), cat. 116; Heim Gallery, "John Flaxman (London, Heim Gallery, 1976)
Associated People: Created by John Flaxman (British (English), 1755-1826)
Accession Number: 1984.29.56
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