Catapulta_by_Edward_Poynter.jpg
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Summary
Edward Poynter : Catapulta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
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Title |
Italian:
Catapulta
The Catapult
title QS:P1476,it:"Catapulta"
label QS:Lit,"Catapulta"
label QS:Len,"The Catapult"
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Object type |
painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
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Description |
In 1868 Poynter produced another of his most celebrated Roman spectaculars,
The
Catapult
. This shows Roman soldiers manning a siege engine for an attack on the walls of
Carthage
, during the
siege
which ended in the destruction of Carthage in 146 BC. The famous command of
Cato the Elder
, "
Delenda est Carthago
" (quoted in
Pultarch
's "Life of Cato") is carved in the wood of the huge catapult. The picture was a great success.
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Date |
1868
date QS:P571,+1868-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium |
oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions |
height: 155.5 cm (61.2 in); width: 183.8 cm (72.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,155.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,183.8U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1800739
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Accession number |
TWCMS : B6377
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Credit line |
1945: given by Lord Runciman of Chathill
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Notes | Art UK : entry the-catapult-37040 image | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References | Christopher Wood (1983) Olympian dreamers: Victorian classical painters, 1860-1914 , Constable, pp. 136–137 Retrieved on October 12, 2017. ISBN : 978-0-09-462170-1 . OCLC : 10356080 . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | http://prerafaelit.narod.ru/gal4/photo20.htm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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