Andromache in Captivity

Homer|Frederic, Lord Leighton|George Barrie

1889 · Photogravure on chine collé · Drawings and Prints

Hector's widow Andromache is shown here arriving at Epirus where, following the Greek victory in the Trojan War, she has been awarded as a prize to Achilles's son Neoptolemus. When Leighton's painting "Captive Andromache" (Manchester City Art Gallery) was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1888, the catalogue included these lines from Homer's "Iliad" (translated by Elizabeth Barrett Browning): Some standing by, Marking thy tears fall, shall say 'This is she, The wife of that same Hector that fought best Of all the Trojans when all fought for Troy.' This photogravure was created for a portfolio that reproduced paintings shown at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1889.

Artist

Homer|Frederic, Lord Leighton|George Barrie

Date

1889

Medium

Photogravure on chine collé

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Donato Esposito, 2015