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[The Death of Epaminondas.]
B West pinxit. V. Green Metzotinto Engraver to his Majesty fecit [in plate].
Publish'd by J. Boydell Cheapside Feb. 21. 1774 [in plate].
Fine & rare mezzotint. 625 x 510mm (24½ x 20"). Trimmed to image; some creasing to image.
The Theban general Epaminondas (c.410 - 362 BC) slumped in the arms of his officers, as a doctor examines the spear-point which pierces his side. Epaminondas's victory at The Battle of Mantinea in 362 BC ended the military supremecy of the Spartans, but the general's death enabled Phillip II of Macedon to take control of Greece.
Whitman: 178, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67514] £480.00
Publish'd by J. Boydell Cheapside Feb. 21. 1774 [in plate].
Fine & rare mezzotint. 625 x 510mm (24½ x 20"). Trimmed to image; some creasing to image.
The Theban general Epaminondas (c.410 - 362 BC) slumped in the arms of his officers, as a doctor examines the spear-point which pierces his side. Epaminondas's victory at The Battle of Mantinea in 362 BC ended the military supremecy of the Spartans, but the general's death enabled Phillip II of Macedon to take control of Greece.
Whitman: 178, i of ii. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
[Ref: 67514] £480.00