Lot Essay
The Odyssey with illustrations by Sir William Russell Flint was published by the Medici Society in 1924.
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Homer's Odyssey, No. 6
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Sir William Russell Flint, R.A., P.R.W.S., R.S.W. (1880-1969)
Homer's Odyssey, No. 6
signed and dated '.W.RUSSELL FLINT./MCMXIV' (lower right), and inscribed 'Odyssey No 6. It was the fourth day when he had accomplished all./And; lo, on the fifth, the fair Calypso sent him on his way./Book V' (on a label attached to the reverse)
watercolour
9½ x 11½ in. (24 x 29.2 cm.)
Executed in 1914.
To be sold with S.H. Butcher & A. Lang, The Odyssey of Homer, London, 1924, numbered edition 83/500. (2)
Homer's Odyssey, No. 6
signed and dated '.W.RUSSELL FLINT./MCMXIV' (lower right), and inscribed 'Odyssey No 6. It was the fourth day when he had accomplished all./And; lo, on the fifth, the fair Calypso sent him on his way./Book V' (on a label attached to the reverse)
watercolour
9½ x 11½ in. (24 x 29.2 cm.)
Executed in 1914.
To be sold with S.H. Butcher & A. Lang, The Odyssey of Homer, London, 1924, numbered edition 83/500. (2)
Literature
S.H. Butcher & A. Lang, The Odyssey of Homer, London, 1924, illustrated opposite p. 62.
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