Orestes standing over the bodies of Clytemnestra and Aegisthus
Pencil, strengthened with ink
8 × 11 ½ inches · 203 × 292 mm
Drawn circa 1795
Collections
Thomas Hope, acquired from the artist;
Lord Francis Hope Pelham-Clinton-Hope by descent, 1917;
Pelham-Clinton-Hope sale, Humbert & Flint, 1917;
Scott & Fowles, New York by 1918;
Private collection, USA.
Exhibitions
New York, Scott & Fowles, 1918, Exhibition of Original Drawings by John Flaxman RA, 1918, cat. no.60 (‘Orestes).
Literature
Martin Birnbaum (ed.), Catalogue of an Exhibition of Original Drawings by John Flaxman RA, Scott & Fowles, New York, 1918, cat. no. 60 (‘Orestes), p. 31.