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The Capture and Burning of Selinus by Hannibal

(French, 1743–1804)
about 1783–84
Medium/TechniqueEtching and aquatint
Dimensions50.2 x 72.5 cm (19 3/4 x 28 9/16 in.)
Credit LineKatherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession number1996.338
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ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsDedicated to the Marquis de Clermont Damboise, ambassador to the King of the two Sicilies. (The ruins of ancient Selinus are on the west coast of Sicily).
The Chimera
Louis-Jean Desprez
1777–84