Sleep Escaping from the Wrath of Jupiter – "But gentle Night to whom I fled for Aid (the Friend of Earth and Heaven), Her Wings Display'd" (Pope's Iliad, Book 14, line 293) — John Flaxman. Sleep Escaping from the Wrath of Jupiter – "But gentle Night to whom I fled for Aid (the Friend of Earth and Heaven), Her Wings Display'd" (Pope's Iliad, Book 14, line 293), 1793. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Sleep Escaping from the Wrath of Jupiter – "But gentle Night to whom I fled for Aid (the Friend of Earth and Heaven), Her Wings Display'd" (Pope's Iliad, Book 14, line 293)

by John Flaxman

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Artist: John Flaxman (British, York 1755–1826 London)
Date: 1793
Medium: Pen and black ink over graphite
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 x 8 5/16 in. (27.9 x 21.1 cm)
Type: Drawing
Classification: Drawings
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Gift of Scott & Fowles, 1918
Accession no.: 18.141.3

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