Yale Center for British Art

Creator:

Flaxman, John, 1755-1826

Title:

Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus / designed by John Flaxman ; engraved by Thomas Piroli, and Frank Howard.

Published / Created:

London : Publish'd April 15th, 1831, by Miss Flaxman and Miss Maria Denman, 74 Upper Norton Street, Fitzroy Square, [1831]

Physical Description:

36 : all illustrations (etchings) ; 28 x 44 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A N 26
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

Etched throughout, including title leaf.

Plate 2 has added title, with variant statement of responsibility: "Designed by Iohn Flaxman. Engraved by Thomas Piroli."

"The publication is simply a reprint of the English 1795 plates, with the inscriptions altered and five new plates added."--Bentley.

Plates nos. 1-3, 5-9, 11, 13-22 and 24-26 are unsigned (engraved by Piroli?), nos. 4, 10, 12 and 23 are signed "F. Howard sculpt." Most of the plates have a verse at the bottom of the engraving. Nos. 3-36 have the publishing legend: London, Published April 15th, 1831, by M. Flaxman and M. Denman, 74 Upper Norton St., Fitzroy Square.

Bentley, G.E. Early engravings of Flaxman's classical designs, page 45, no. 7

BAC: British Art Center copy bound in gold- and blind-stamped green morocco.

Subject Terms:

Aeschylus -- Illustrations. | Mythology, Greek -- Art.

Form/Genre:

Etchings -- 1831.

Contributors:

Aeschylus. Works. Selections. English. 1831. | Piroli, Tommaso, approximately 1752–1824, engraver. | Howard, Frank, 1805–1866, engraver. | Flaxman, Maria, 1768–1833, publisher. | Denman, Maria, 1776–1861, publisher.