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Title: Helen is led away by Menelaus, King of Sparta, who wears a cuirass, holding lance pointed to the earth.
Image ID: 817494
Image ID 817494
Creators: Housselin, engraver
Fourquemin, lithographer
Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 23 x 26 cm. (8 3/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
Material Type: Prints
Subjects: Clothing & Dress -- Greece -- To 499
Greeks -- To 499
Helen Of Troy (Greek Mythology)
Menelaus (Greek Mythology)
Paris (Legendary Character)
Men -- Clothing & Dress -- Greece -- To 499
Spears -- To 499
Women -- Clothing & Dress -- Greece -- To 499
Book Illustrations
Notes: Printed on border: "T. III." "Pl. LVII B." Foxing on image. Written on border: "Helen wears a radiated stephane and is veiled as a young married woman. Iris is winged and holds a caduceus. Paris crowned with myrtle holds a bow. The three figures at left could also be Apollo, Marpessa and Ida. From Auserlesane Vasenbilder by Garhard."
Date Published: 1844-1861
Barcode Number: 33333159254909
Struc ID: 584726
Source: Elite des monuments céramographiques : matériaux pour l'histoire des religions et des moeurs de l'antiquité.   View All images from Source
In Folder: Costume -- ancient -- Greece   View All images from Folder

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