Object number1979.17
Electra and Chrysothemis
Date1786
Artist
Angelica Kauffmann
(Swiss, 1741 - 1807)
CultureSwiss
MediumEngraving
DimensionsImage: 14 3/4 × 12 3/8 in. (37.5 × 31.5 cm)
Sheet: 15 13/16 × 13 11/16 in. (40.2 × 34.8 cm)
Matted: 22 1/8 × 15 13/16 in. (56.2 × 40.2 cm)
Sheet: 15 13/16 × 13 11/16 in. (40.2 × 34.8 cm)
Matted: 22 1/8 × 15 13/16 in. (56.2 × 40.2 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Suzette Morton Davidson, class of 1934, Fund
On View
Not on viewPeriod18th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned (at bottom border): Angelica Kauffman RA pinxt
InscribedInscribed: ELECTRA and CHRYSOTHEMIS "Instant, my sister, thy devoted hair / "With these dishevell'd locks, and this my love / "Plain as it is and unadorne'd, shalt thou / "Bear to our Father; wretched offerings these / "But O! 'tis all Electra non can give. / Vid: Franklin's Sophocles' Electra; ActI Sc. 4 / From an Orignal picture in the Collection of Sir Edward Vernon / London: Published Apl. 20 1786 by Thos Macklin 39, Fleet Street
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