FDA-E.3356-2026
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.3356-2026
Object type
Identification
Title
The Odyssey of Homer
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Title page print of The Odyssey of Homer; featuring a scene of an armoured man (Achilles) seated, with his left hand resting upon a lyre; another man (Odysseus) in robes stands to the right, shielding his eyes from a bright light from Achilles head
Comments
Title page
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 282mm
width (actual size): 221mm
width (actual size): 221mm
Inscription
Lettered, above print: 'The / Odyssey / of / Homer.'; below print: 'W. Kent Inv / Pope's Odyssey / P. Fourdrinier Sculp. / London: / Printed for Bernard Lintot. / MDCCXXV,'
Lettered on base of plinth: 'ΕΝΘΑ D'ΛΧΙΛΛΕVΣ' (And there was Achilles)
Lettered on base of plinth: 'ΕΝΘΑ D'ΛΧΙΛΛΕVΣ' (And there was Achilles)
Materials & techniques note
Engraving
Production
Person
Date
1725
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Abdalla Mirghani; by whom presented to Eton College in 2024
