
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)
Gift of Scott & Fowles, 1918
Catalogue
- Year
- 1793
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 11 x 8 5/16 in. (27.9 x 21.1 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- John Flaxman, English
Artist

Ceramics
John Flaxman, English (1755–1826)
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Record
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- John Flaxman, English
- Year
- 1793
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 11 x 8 5/16 in. (27.9 x 21.1 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1793-313977
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





