Design for a Book Illustration of Circe and Odysseus [recto]

Thomas Stothard, c. 1803

This drawing features various figures in different poses surrounding a central detailed scene. The central scene shows one seated and one standing figure. The surrounding sketches depict nude figures in dynamic… · description from the collection

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Artist: Thomas Stothard ¹
Date: c. 1803 ¹
Medium: pen and gray and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on wove paper ¹
Original: 3,854 × 4,712 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of William B. O'Neal

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