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John Flaxman

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)

1793
Pen and black ink over graphite
27.9 × 21.1 cm (11 × 8.3 in)

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