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Flaxman's Illustrations to Homer as a Design Source for Glass Decoration in the 1870s

05/1987 | 1010 | 129

Pages: 318-321

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Author:

Morris, Barbara (Morris, Barbara)

Subjects

artists:

Flaxman, John

artists:

Northwood, John

dates:

1850-1899

places:

England

sources:

Homer

subjects:

British painting / Glassware / Literature in art

subjects:

Book illustrations

Illustrations

Attributed works:

54. Opaline Glass Vase, with Painted Decoration Copied from Plate 13 of Flaxman's Illustrations to the Odyssey: Ulysses Weeps at the Song of Demodocus. Made by W. H. B. and J. Richardson of Stourbridge, c. 1847. (Broadfield House Glass Museum, Kingswinford).

Attributed works:

55. Council of Jupiter, Minerva and Mercury. Plate 1 from the Odyssey of Homer, Engraved from the Compositions of John Flaxman. (Photo: Victoria & Albert Museum, London).

Attributed works:

56. Claret Jug with Acid-Etched Decoration by John Northwood of Plate 1 of Flaxman's Illustrations to the Odyssey: Council of Jupiter, Minerva and Mercury. 1870s. (Private Collection; Photo Victoria & Albert Museum, London).

Attributed works:

57. Hector and Ajax Separated by the Heralds. Plate 15 from the Iliad of Homer, Engraved from the Compositions of John Flaxman.

Attributed works:

58. 'Greek Warriors' Goblet, with Acid-Etched Decoration by John Northwood of Plate 15 of Flaxman's Illustrations to the Iliad: Hector and Ajax Separated by the Heralds. 1870s. (Broadfield House Glass Museum, Kingswinford).

Attributed works:

60. The Hours Taking the Horses from Juno's Car. Plate 17 of Flaxman's Illustrations to the Iliad. (Photo: Victoria & Albert Museum, London).

Attributed works:

61. Cameo Glass Vase, Decorated with Venus Rising from the Sea, Taken from Plate 26 of the Theogeny of Hesiod. Decoration Begun by Alphonse Lecheverel and Completed by George Woodall in 1923. (Broadfield House Glass Museum, Kingswinford).

Attributed works:

62. Aphrodite, Plate 26 of the Theogeny and Works and Days of Hesiod, Drawn by Flaxman and Engraved by William Blake. (Photo: Victoria & Albert Museum, London).

Western art unattributed:

59. Wheel-Engraved Glass Vase, with Decoration Taken from Plate 21 of Flaxman's Illustrations to the Odyssey: Lampetia Complaining to Apollo. On the Reverse: The Hours Taking the Horses from Juno's Car, from Plate 17 of Flaxman's Illustrations to the Iliad. (Private Collection).

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