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Homer's Odyssey No. 13 Book XVIII
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Sir William Russell Flint, R.A., P.R.W.S., R.S.W. (1880-1969)
Homer's Odyssey No. 13 Book XVIII
signed and dated 'W. RUSSELL FLINT/MCMXIV' (lower right) and inscribed 'Odyssey Vol II No 3/all her joints were loosened as she lay on the/chair and the fair goddess the while was giving/her gifts immortal./Book XVIII p. 301' (on the reverse), signed again and inscribed again 'all her joints were loosened/as she lay in the chair, and/the fair goddess the while was/giving her gifts immortal'/watercolour by/W. Russell Flint, R.A.' (on a label attached to the backboard)
watercolour and bodycolour
11½ x 9 in. (29.2 x 22.9 cm.)
Homer's Odyssey No. 13 Book XVIII
signed and dated 'W. RUSSELL FLINT/MCMXIV' (lower right) and inscribed 'Odyssey Vol II No 3/all her joints were loosened as she lay on the/chair and the fair goddess the while was giving/her gifts immortal./Book XVIII p. 301' (on the reverse), signed again and inscribed again 'all her joints were loosened/as she lay in the chair, and/the fair goddess the while was/giving her gifts immortal'/watercolour by/W. Russell Flint, R.A.' (on a label attached to the backboard)
watercolour and bodycolour
11½ x 9 in. (29.2 x 22.9 cm.)
Provenance
with W.B. Simpson, Glasgow.
Literature
S.M. Butcher and A. Laing, The Odyssey of Homer, London, 1924.
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