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Aeneas carrying his father Anchises on his shoulders holding the household gods, as they escape from the sack of Troy. Mixed method print by Elisha Kirkall, 1722, after Ugo da Carp — name

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Aeneas carrying his father Anchises on his shoulders holding the household gods, as they escape from the sack of Troy. Mixed method print by Elisha Kirkall, 1722, after Ugo da Carp

StatusReference work · Not for sale
Held byWellcome Collection via Europeana
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Lettering: Raphael Urbinus, quisquis has tabellas invito autore inprimet, ex divi Leonis X ac. ill. Principis Venetiarum decretis, excominicationis sententiam et alias penas incurret. Romae apud Ugum de Carpi impressa(m), MDXVIII. Imitando cælavit E. Kirkall, 1722.

Artist / Makername
Date1722
Culture / OriginTroy, United Kingdom
DepartmentTroy
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Image & data: Wellcome Collection via Europeana · Licence: BY 4.0.

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