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An original illustaration for Punch, 27 November 1957.
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The modern Olympus: Gods being entertained by the muses
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Ronald William Fordham Searle (b.1920)
The modern Olympus: Gods being entertained by the muses
signed and inscribed 'Ronald Searle' (lower right) and inscribed 'The Modern Olympus/Gods Being Entertained by the Muses' (lower centre), and further inscribed 'Thus they till sunset passed the festive hours/Nor lack'd the banquet aught to please the sense,/Nor sound of tuneful lyre, by Phoebus touch'd/Nor Muses voice, who in alternate strains/Responsive sang... Iliad (Book I)' (lower left)
pencil, pen and ink and grey wash, unframed
18¼ x 29¾in. (46.3 x 75.5cm.)
The modern Olympus: Gods being entertained by the muses
signed and inscribed 'Ronald Searle' (lower right) and inscribed 'The Modern Olympus/Gods Being Entertained by the Muses' (lower centre), and further inscribed 'Thus they till sunset passed the festive hours/Nor lack'd the banquet aught to please the sense,/Nor sound of tuneful lyre, by Phoebus touch'd/Nor Muses voice, who in alternate strains/Responsive sang... Iliad (Book I)' (lower left)
pencil, pen and ink and grey wash, unframed
18¼ x 29¾in. (46.3 x 75.5cm.)
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