The drunken Hercules urinating. Photographic postcard, 196-.

Date:
[between 1960 and 1969?]
Reference:
2045887i
Part of:
The James Gardiner Collection.
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The drunken Hercules urinating. Photographic postcard, 196-. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Description

Photograph of a statue of the drunken Hercules, a figural fountain head from the ruins of Herculaneum. Hercules, holding a lion skin and a club, arches his back whilst holding his genitals with one hand and a club with the other.

Publication/Creation

Firenze : F.lli Alinari - I.D.E.A, [between 1960 and 1969?]

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 14.1 x 9 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Ercolano - Ercole ebbro. Statuetta di fontana. Ercolano - Ercole ebbro. Statuetta di fontana (printed in black, verso)

Notes

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

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2045887i

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Where to find it

  • Unlabelled photograph album

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