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Virgil reading the Aeneid to Augustus and the fainting Octavia

Samuel Woodforde, 1790

This work is a study for a large history subject, presumably never executed. It comes from a portfolio of drawings and sketches which reveal the passion and brilliance of the young artist Woodeforde in the first flush of his discovery of Rome and the ancient world. Woodeford later met little success with his history paintings.

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Title of artwork, date

Virgil reading the Aeneid to Augustus and the fainting Octavia, 1790

Date supported

1991

Medium and material

Oil on paper

Dimensions

127 x 172 cm

Grant

1850

Total cost

3850

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