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Achilles and the Daughters of Lycomedes

James Thornhill, 1710

The drawing is a sketch for Thornhill's painting on the staircase at Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire, executed about 1710 for Thomas Vernon, an eminent lawyer. It shows Menelaus recruiting allies for the Trojan war.

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Title of artwork, date

Achilles and the Daughters of Lycomedes, 1710

Date supported

1983

Medium and material

Pen & brown ink

Dimensions

16 x 12 cm

Gifted by

Joseph McCrindle

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