A messenger sent by Astarbe, concubine of King Pygmalion of Tyre, tells Narbal, the protector of Telemachus, to flee the country for Cyprus, and that she has had Malachon arrested in place of Telemachus. Engraving by T. Cook, 1775, after C. Monnet after F. de La Mothe-Fénelon.

  • Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-, 1651-1715.
Date:
1 May 1775
Reference:
3020959i
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Description

An episode in François de Salignac de La Mothe Fénelon, Les aventures de Télémaque, fils d'Ulysse, end of book III, set in Tyre. In the background the henchmen of Pygmalion carry off Malachon

Publication/Creation

[London] (No. 46 Fleet Street) : Publishd by G. Kearsly, 1 May 1775.

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching ; platemark 23.4 x 16.9 cm

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Lettering

Telemachus, by order of Astarbe, avoids the pursuits of Pygmalion. C. Monnet inv.t ; Tho.s Cook sculp.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3020959i

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