James Barry and Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Adelphi
Elysium and Tartarus, or the State of Final Retribution
first published in 1792, printed in 1808 or after 1823
Scroll
- Artist: James Barry
- Publisher: Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Adelphi
Elysium and Tartarus, or the State of Final Retribution
first published in 1792, printed in 1808 or after 1823
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 686 × 1014 mm. (27 × 39 15/16 in.)
Plate: 415 × 932 mm. (16 5/16 × 36 11/16 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
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2870.6
Pressly, William L., The Tate Gallery, London, 'James Barry: The Artist as Hero,' February 9-March 20, 1983, no. 34, ill. p. 89.
Barry, James, 'A Letter to the Society of Arts,' in The Works of James Barry, ed. by Dr. Edward Fryer, London, 1809, v. 2, p. 425-36.
Signed: 1
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
