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William Artaud, 1763–1823, British, 'The Triumph of Mercy,' from Collins' 'Ode To Mercy', 1788 to 1790
- Title:
'The Triumph of Mercy,' from Collins' 'Ode To Mercy'
- Former Title(s):
Mercy: Lady Hamilton as Thetis pleading with Achilles before Troy
- Date:
- 1788 to 1790
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 95 x 80 1/2 inches (241.3 x 204.5 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.539
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Subject Terms:
- armor | chariot | eagle (bird) | Greek | liberty | literary theme | mythology | Ode to Mercy, 1746 | poetry | religion | religious and mythological subject | Roman | spear | spirit | toga | torch | war | wheel
- Associated People:
- Thetis
Achilles
Mars
Collins, William (1721–1759), poet - Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1021
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Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 16-17, N590.2 A83 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Catherine M. Gordon, British paintings Hogarth to Turner, Frederick Warne, London, 1981, p. 60, ND466 G67 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Kim Sloan, William Artaud, History Painter and 'Violent Democrat' , Burlington Magazine, 137, February 1995, pp. 76, 78, Fig. 15, N1 B87 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
Jennifer C. Watson, William Artaud and 'The Triumph of Mercy', Burlington Magazine, 123, April 1981, pp. 226, 229, 231, fig. 62, 64, N1 B87 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
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