Telemachus narrates the story of his travels and adventures to Calypso. Engraving by J. Collyer, 1774, after C. Monnet after F. de La Mothe-Fénelon.

  • Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe-, 1651-1715.
Date:
Oct.r 1 1774
Reference:
3020955i
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An episode in François de Salignac de La Mothe Fénelon, Les aventures de Télémaque, fils d'Ulysse, book I. Much of the subsequent narrrative occurs through Telemachus's narration to Calypso. Within Calypso's cave, Mentor and Telemachus sit on the left, while Calypso and five handmaidens are on the right. Ogygia, Calypso's island, has been associated with Gozo

Publication/Creation

[London] (No. 46 Fleet Street) : Publishd by G. Kearsly, Oct.r 1 1774.

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching ; platemark 23 x 16.6 cm

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Telemachus accompanied by Mentor, relates his adventures to Calypso. C. Monnet inv.t ; J. Collyer sculp.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3020955i

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