Lot Essay
Achilles was sent to Scyros by his mother Thetis disguised as a girl, to avoid him being sent to fight in the Trojan wars
Details
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)
Achilles At Skyros
with monogram and inscribed 'Achille a Scyros.'; pencil, pen and ink and watercolour
4½ x 7¼in. (115 x 183mm.)
Achilles At Skyros
with monogram and inscribed 'Achille a Scyros.'; pencil, pen and ink and watercolour
4½ x 7¼in. (115 x 183mm.)