The Odyssey

1806–13
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Odyssey
  • Author: Homer (Greek, active 13th or 8th century BCE)
  • Translator: Alexander Pope (British, 1688–1744)
  • Illustrator: Edward Francis Burney (British, Worcester 1760–1848 London)
  • Illustrator: Henry Howard (British, London 1769–1847 Oxford)
  • Illustrator: Henry Singleton (British, London 1766–1839 London)
  • Illustrator: Henry Fuseli (Swiss, Zürich 1741–1825 London)
  • Illustrator: Richard Westall (British, Reepham, Norfolk 1765–1836 London)
  • Illustrator: Sir Robert Smirke (British, London 1780/1781–1867 Cheltenham)
  • Engraver: James Stow (British, near Maidstone, Kent 1770–after 1823)
  • Engraver: James Fittler (British, London 1758–1835 Middlesex)
  • Engraver: Joseph Collyer (British, London 1748–1827 London)
  • Engraver: James Neagle (British, London 1765–1822 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Engraver: William Bromley (British, Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight 1769–1842)
  • Engraver: J. G. Walker (British, active 1780–1830)
  • Engraver: Isaac Taylor I (British, Worcester 1730–1807 Edmonton, Greater London)
  • Engraver: Charles Warren (British, 1766/67–1823 East Hill, Wandsworth, London)
  • Engraver: Jean Marie Delattre (French, Abbeville 1745–1840 Fulham, London)
  • Engraver: Robert Hartley Cromek (British, Hull 1771–1812 London)
  • Engraver: Luigi Schiavonetti (Italian, Bassano del Grappa 1765–1810 London)
  • Publisher: F. J. Du Roveray (London)
  • Date: 1806–13
  • Medium: Illustrations: engraving
  • Dimensions: 7 5/16 x 4 3/4 in. (18.5 x 12 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Helen W.D. Mileham, 1955
  • Object Number: 55.578.1(1-6)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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