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Hercules Killing the Hydra

Raphael Lamar West1785

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University
Middletown, United States

  • Title: Hercules Killing the Hydra
  • Creator: Raphael Lamar West
  • Date Created: 1785
  • Subject Keywords: battles, death, Hercules, mythology
  • Signatures / Inscriptions: Signed in plate, lower left: “R.L. West 1785”; inscribed, lower center: publication date and publisher
  • Object Type: Prints, works of art
  • Object Link: See this artwork on the Davison Art Center website
  • Object Credit Line: Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University. Purchase funds, 1964
  • Materials & Techniques: Etching on tan wove paper
  • Image Credit Line: Open Access Image from the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University (http://www.wesleyan.edu/dac/openaccess)
  • Edition: Published April 18, 1801, by John P. Thompson, Great Newport Street and No. 51 Dean Street, Soho
  • Dimensions: 1850
  • Bibliography: Ruth S. Kraemer, “Drawings by Benjamin West and His Son Raphael Lamar West” (1975), cat. 214 “Cadmus Slaying the Dragon” as related to the etching (fig. 50)
  • Associated People: Created by Raphael Lamar West (British (English), 1769-1850)
  • Accession Number: 1964.16.1
Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University

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