A procession carrying a prostrate figure wearing a crown.

Date:
[16th century?]
Reference:
3336311i
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Description

Men carry the crowned figure in front of a horse-drawn carriage with trumpeters.

Publication/Creation

[German], [16th century?]

Physical description

1 print : woodcut on paper ; 12.2 x 15 cm

Lettering

Bears German text on verso relating to Scipio and Pompey suggesting the subject relates to an episode in Roman history in the period of Julius Caesar. A figure bears a banner bearing the letters 'SPQR'.

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3336311i

Ownership note

Purchased from Puttick & Simpson on 13th August 1909

Subjects

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