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[Nausicaa and her Maids Playing at Ball.]
[Nausicaa and her Maids Playing at Ball.]
EJP [monogram] Edward J Poynter. Charles O Murray [pencil signatures]
Copyright 1898. Published by J.J. Virtue & Co. Limited, London.
Etching, signed by the artist. 285 x 630mm (11¼ x 24¾") large margins. Uncut.
Nausicaa, daughter of King Alcinous and Queen Arete of Phaeacia, about to find Odysseus shipwrecked on the beach. The 2nd century BC writer Agallis attributed the invention of ball games to Nausicaä, most likely because she was the first person in literature to be described playing with a ball. This plate was etched by James Dobie; Charles Oliver Murray etched a scene of Nausicaa after George Dunlop Leslie, so it is a mystery why his signature is here.
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[Lion Tomb, Xanthus.]
[Lion Tomb, Xanthus.]
[Etched by Charles Oliver Murray after William James Müller.]
['The Portfolio', 1882.]
Etching, proof. 260 x 355mm (10¼ x 14"). Creasing on right.
A view of the ruins of the Lion Tomb in Xanthos, Turkey, with trees and goats. William James Müller (1812-45) visited Greece and Egypt 1838-9, then Turkey 1843-4 as part of the archaeological expedition of Sir Charles Fellows, during which the Xanthus Marbles were taken for the British Museum. The watercolour this print is based on is also in the BM (1878,1228.97).
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