Study for Staircase Decoration, Hanbury Hall, Worchestershire: Achilles Revealing his Identity in the Palace of Lycomedes
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1710
name: label: Artist
content: Sir James Thornhill, English, 1675 - 1734
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Drawing in two registers. Upper register: Octagonal shaped ceiling panel with a large group of figures of Greco-Roman gods. Flying figure of Mercury between the two registers. Lower register: within a painted architectural enframement a scene with many figures representing Achilles revealing his true identity at Court of Lycomedes. Frieze beneath scene depicting armor.
place: label: made in
content: England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Charles B. Alexander
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1900-1-1
objectType: label: Type
content: mural designs
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and brown ink, brush and wash on tan laid paper, lined, mounted
label: Dimensions
content: 40.5 × 20 cm (15 15/16 × 7 7/8 in.)