James Barry
Elysium and Tartarus, or the State of Final Retribution
1792
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 470 x 951 mm. (18 1/2 x 37 7/16 in.)
Plate: 420 x 925 mm. (16 9/16 x 36 7/16 in.)
Portfolio/Series
From the series "A Series of Etchings by James Barry, Esq. from his Original and Justly Celebrated Paintings, in the Great Room of the Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Adelphi"
Credit Line
The John Dorsey and Robert W. Armacost Acquisitions Endowment
Object Number
2014.86
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2014; Susan Schulman Printseller, NY
Inscribed: RECTO: BC in plate: 'Elysium and Tartarus or the State of FINAL RETRIBUTION--- / All now are vanish'd [...] Thompson. / Painted, Engraved & Published by James Barry R.A. Professor of Painting to the Royal Academy. May·1·1791· Laus Deo. O.M.'; BR in plate: 'This Picture & the Victors at Olympia on the opposite wall are each / 42 English feet in lenght [sic]. 8.th'.
Markings: None
