FDA-E.3356-2026
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.3356-2026
Object type
Identification
Title
'The Odyssey of Homer' Title Page
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Title page print of 'The Odyssey of Homer'; featuring a scene of an armoured man (Achilles) seated, with his left hand resting upon a lyre; Odysseus, in robes, stands to the right, shielding his eyes from the bright light emitting from Achilles head
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 282mm
width (actual size): 221mm
width (actual size): 221mm
Inscription
Lettered above image: 'The / Odyssey / of / Homer.'
Lettered below image, left: 'W. Kent Jnr.'; centre: 'POPE'S ODYSSEY'; right: 'P. Fourdrinier Sculp.' and below: 'LONDON: / Printed for BERNARD LINTOT. / MDCCXXV.'
Lettered on base of image of plinth: 'ΕΝΘΑ D'ΛΧΙΛΛΕVΣ' (translates as 'And there was Achilles')
Lettered below image, left: 'W. Kent Jnr.'; centre: 'POPE'S ODYSSEY'; right: 'P. Fourdrinier Sculp.' and below: 'LONDON: / Printed for BERNARD LINTOT. / MDCCXXV.'
Lettered on base of image of plinth: 'ΕΝΘΑ D'ΛΧΙΛΛΕVΣ' (translates as 'And there was Achilles')
Materials & techniques note
Engraving
Production
Person
Date
1725
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Abdalla Mirghani; by whom presented to Eton College in 2024
