James Barry and Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Adelphi
Crowning the Victors at Olympia
1791
Scroll
- Artist: James Barry
- Publisher: Society of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Adelphi
Crowning the Victors at Olympia
1791
Physical Qualities
Etching and engraving, Sheet: 687 × 1009 mm. (27 1/16 × 39 3/4 in.)
Image: 417 × 933 mm. (16 7/16 × 36 3/4 in.)
Plate: 417 × 933 mm. (16 7/16 × 36 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.2870.3
After Barry's mural series 'The Progress of Human Culture' for the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce in Adelphi, 1777-1784; now in the Royal Society of Art, London.
Pressly, William L., The Tate Gallery, London, 'James Barry: The Artist as Hero,' February 9-March 20, 1983, no. 31, ill. p. 88.
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. 422-424.
Signed: 1
Inscribed: RECTO: BC in plate: 'The Diagorides Victors at Olympia- / the famous Diagoras [...] Painted, engraved & published by Jam. Barry R.A. Professor of Painting to the Royal Academy·May·1·1791[...]'; BR in plate: '-4.th-'.
Markings: None
