Telephus recovering from his fatal wound with bandaged thigh and carrying Orestes. Coloured ink drawing by S.W. Kelly, 1937, after an Attic cup, ca. 450 B.C.

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1937
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17842i
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view Telephus recovering from his fatal wound with bandaged thigh and carrying Orestes. Coloured ink drawing by S.W. Kelly, 1937, after an Attic cup, ca. 450 B.C.

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Telephus recovering from his fatal wound with bandaged thigh and carrying Orestes. Coloured ink drawing by S.W. Kelly, 1937, after an Attic cup, ca. 450 B.C. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced June 2023 : Telephus recovering from his fatal wound with bandaged thigh and carrying Orestes. Coloured ink drawing after an attic cup, ca. 450 b.C.

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According to one version of his legend, Telephus took hostage Orestes, the son of Agamemnon, in order to persuade Achilles to heal a wound that Achilles had inflicted on the thigh of Telephus

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1937

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1 print : black ink, with peach watercolour wash

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Some typed lettering attached to the drawing reads: "Telephus, with a bandaged thigh, holding Orestes. Detail from an Attic red figured pelike in the British Museum, circa 450 B.C."

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Wellcome Collection 17842i

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After a painted pelike in the British Museum (reg. no. 1836,0224.28)

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