Hannibal, on agate, collection of Lord Bessborough
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: A Select Collection of Drawings from Curious Antique Gems
Artist: Hannibal|Thomas Worlidge
Artist bio: Carthaginian, 247 BCE–181/183 BCE Libyssa, Bithynia|British, Peterborough 1700–1766 Hammersmith
Artist role: Sitter|Artist
Artist nationality: Carthaginian|British
Date: 1766
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Plate: 3 1/16 × 2 1/2 in. (7.7 × 6.4 cm)
Sheet: 8 in. × 5 3/16 in. (20.3 × 13.2 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession year: 1917