Telephus recovering from his fatal wound with bandaged thigh and carrying Orestes. Coloured ink drawing by S.W. Kelly, 1937, after an Attic cup, ca. 450 B.C.
- Date:
- 1937
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- 17842i
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Previous title, replaced June 2023 : Telephus recovering from his fatal wound with bandaged thigh and carrying Orestes. Coloured ink drawing after an attic cup, ca. 450 b.C.
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According to one version of his legend, Telephus took hostage Orestes, the son of Agamemnon, in order to persuade Achilles to heal a wound that Achilles had inflicted on the thigh of Telephus
Publication/Creation
1937
Physical description
1 print : black ink, with peach watercolour wash
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Some typed lettering attached to the drawing reads: "Telephus, with a bandaged thigh, holding Orestes. Detail from an Attic red figured pelike in the British Museum, circa 450 B.C."
Reference
Wellcome Collection 17842i
Reproduction note
After a painted pelike in the British Museum (reg. no. 1836,0224.28)
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