An episode in the play Olimpie by Voltaire: Olympia throws herself on the fire out of her love for Cassander, the murderer of her father Alexander the Great. Etching by Walker after H. Gravelot.
- Gravelot, Hubert François, 1699-1773.
- Date:
- 1700-1799
- Reference:
- 42979i
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1700-1799
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1 print : letching, with line engraving ; image 12 x 7.5 cm
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Lettering
The fatal sacrifice. Gravelot del. Walker sculp.
Edition
[Staate with lettering "The fatal sacrifice" and not "Olimpea last scene"].
Reference
Wellcome Collection 42979i
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