James Barry and Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Adelphi
Detail of the Diagorides Victors
1794
Scroll
- Artist: James Barry
- Publisher: Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Adelphi
Detail of the Diagorides Victors
1794
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 1014 × 686 mm. (39 15/16 × 27 in.)
Plate: 752 × 473 mm. (29 5/8 × 18 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2870.9
After Barry's mural series 'The Progress of Human Culture' for the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce in Adelphi, 1777-1784; now in the Royal Society of Art, London.
Barry, James, 'A Letter to the Dilettanti Society,' in The Works of James Barry, ed. by Dr. Edward Fryer, London, 1809, v. 2, p. 576. Pressly, William L., James Barry: The Artist as Hero, exh. cat., London: The Tate Gallery, 1983, ill. p. 86 (not in exh.).
Pressly, William L., The Life and Art of James Barry, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981, no. 28 p. 277.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: B in plate: 'The Laws of Olympia requiring that [...] per Giacomo Barry R.A. Professor of Painting to the Royal Academy & Member of the Clemen- / tine Academy of Bologna Painted En.d & Publ.d May·1·1795 by J.B.'.
Markings: None
