Saturn and His Children, from the book Compositions from the Works, Days, and Theogony of Hesiod
William Blake; after John Flaxman, Saturn and His Children, from the book Compositions from the Works, Days, and Theogony of Hesiod, 1817, engraving on paper, The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection, public domain, 80.122.229
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- Title
Saturn and His Children, from the book Compositions from the Works, Days, and Theogony of Hesiod
- Related Titles
book title (original language): Compositions from the Works, Days, and Theogony of Hesiod
original language: Saturn and His Children
- Artist
- Related People
author: Hesiod (Greek, active ca. 700 BC)
printer: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown (English, established 1699)
- Date
1817
- Medium
engraving on paper
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
plate: 6 in x 8 1/2 in; sheet: 9 1/2 in x 11 15/16 in
- Inscriptions & Markings
signature/maker's mark: no signature
inscription: Printed above the image, within the plate, upper center: SATURN AND HIS CHILDREN.; printed below the image, within the plate, lower center: DID SATURN HUGE / DEVOUR / Elton's Hesiod Thogony / Published by Longman, Husrt, Rees, Orme & Borwn, London, Jan. 1, 1817
- Collection Area
Graphic Arts
- Category
Prints
- Object Type
intaglio print
- Culture
English
- Credit Line
The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection
- Accession Number
80.122.229
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
- Exhibitions
2012 Mythologia: Gods, Heroes, and Monsters Portland Art Museum
