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The Fate of Marsyas / John Doyle [artwork]
- Title
- The Fate of Marsyas [artwork]
- Artist
- Doyle, John, 1797-1868
- Date Created
- 1838
- Genre
- artwork
- Physical Description
- Sheet: 12 1/4 x 17 1/4 inches (31.0 x 43.8 cm.); image: (outer double border) 11 1/8 x 14 1/8 inches (28.2 x 35.9 cm.)
- Artist nationality
- British
- Artist role
- draughtsman, painter, lithographer, and caricaturist
- Inscription
- Recto: top center: (in pencil) 5 ; u. r.: HB Sketches No. 557. ; l. l.: (monogram) HB ; l. l.: (just beneath image) Published by T. McLean, 26, Haymarket, 19th Nov.r 1838. ; l. r.: (just beneath image) A. Ducôte's Lithog.y 70, St. Martins Lane ; bottom center: THE FATE OF MARSYAS. / "Sarcasm means literally a peeling off the skin." ; l. r.: Vide_speech of Lord Brougham. ; (figures in the scene are identified in pencil) ; verso: u. l.: (in pencil) Ritti Apr. 1925 / 20 fcs $1 00 ; u. r.: (in pencil) 52 ; l. l.: (in pencil) C575/636
- Medium
- Lithograph.
- Condition
- Fair condition. Sheet trimmed unevenly. Edges of sheet "browned" probably from natural wear. Small light brown stains scattered over entire sheet, but mostly limited to the margins.
- Provenance
- Paul Ritti, Librairie Ancienne et Moderne, Paris, Apr. 1925.
- Instrument
- Flute, Lyre
- Century
- 19th century
- Subject
- Political Satire
- Miller category
- Mythological, etc.
- Miller ID
- 0070/U
- Repository
- Music Division, Library of Congress
Last Updated: 03-05-2014