Antiquities, Pine, John, Illustrations of Virgil's Poems-Vol 1, 100 V89.103 1774
Antiquities, Pine, John, Illustrations of Virgil's Poems-Vol 1, 100 V89.103 1774
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Pine, John-Illustrations of Virgil's Poems-Vol 1, 27-V14.27, 1774-
Date: 1774
Artist: Pine John
Engraver: Pine John
Publisher: Pine Robertus Edge (son)
Paper Size: 140 x 220mm
Print Size:105 x 180mm
Condition: good
Technique: copperplate engraving
Price: $100
Description: fine copperplate engraving
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Virgil was a poet (70BC-19BC), He wrote 3 of the most famous poems in latin literature, Eglogues, The Georgics and Aeneid.
Less well known than his Horace, Pine's Virgil was left unfinished at his death in 1756 with only the Eclogues and Georgics illustrated and issued. His son, Robert Edge Pine, a notable painter in his own right, published this reissue with new preliminaries in 1774.