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| Keywords: Sketch of a French Empire style clock. Sappho and Phaon.jpg en Watercolour and gouache over lithographic line on paper Inscribed J B A / Imprie Lithoque de C Motte rue des Marais Fg St Gn Numbered 12 Dimensions 67 4 cm by 50 8 cm To be executed in gilt bronze and verde antiquo marble; silvered metal dial; black marble platform The poetess looking at an image of Phaon in her hand the other hand resting by scrolls on the plinth on which she is seated fronted by the clock a lyre standing on an altar to one side the frieze with a portrait medallion of Phaon Sappho an early Greek poetess of great renown see cat 43 famed for her love of women is also remembered for throwing herself into the sea from the promontory of Leucadia in desperation at her unrequited love for Phaon a youth of great beauty In this design the lyre celebrates her poetic achievement her poetry represented by the scrolls beside her http //watercolours-drawings com/details asp subGalID 5 index 16 author between 1815 1820 PD-Art French Empire style mantel clock Sketches | ||||
