Type of artwork: Original Rare Antique Engraving.

Surface: paper

Artist and signature: John Charles Varrall - Richard Wilson

Approximate age of artwork:  c 1836

Depiction or Location: Niobe kneeling in a clearing below rocks in an overcast landscape, her arm around her youngest daughter, looking up and defying Latona, who sits in clouds in upper left, watching her son Apollo avenge her for the Theban Queen's boast that she was richer in her fourteen children than the goddess in her two; he draws his bow to strike down another of the children, eight of whom are grouped near their mother, dead, grieving and dying, while a ninth tries, in vain, to flee on horseback across a bridge to left.

Lettered below image with title, 'From the Original Painting by Richard Wilson in / The National Gallery/ No.1 / James & Co. Temple of the muses, Finsbury Square, London.'

Is the artwork Framed or Mounted: No

Condition report: Good condition in line with age. Please see our large selection of photographs to inspect the condition and quality of this item, and please don't hesitate to make contact, we are more than happy to answer any questions which you may have.

Size of artwork inc border approx. 27 x 21 cm (image size approx. 18 x 12 cm)

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