DrawingsBritish18th-19th century

The Dream of Atossa (Aeschylus)

18th-19th century

Artists

John FlaxmanArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Gray ink and graphite on cream wove paper

Culture

British

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

22.6 x 34.5 cm (8 7/8 x 13 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Grenville L. Winthrop; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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