File:Catapulta by Edward Poynter.jpg
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Summary
Edward Poynter: Catapulta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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