Sleep Escaping from the Wrath of Jupiter – "But gentle Night to whom I fled for Aid (the Friend of Earth and Heaven), Her Wings Display'd" (Pope's Iliad, Book 14, line 293)
Object type: Drawing
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: John Flaxman
Artist bio: British, York 1755–1826 London
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: British
Date: 1793
Medium: Pen and black ink over graphite
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 x 8 5/16 in. (27.9 x 21.1 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit line: Gift of Scott & Fowles, 1918
Accession year: 1918
Tags: Men