Punch's pencillings - No. II.

Grafik

Bildbeschriftung: Hercules tearing Theseus from the rock to which he had grown. (Modernized.) Apollodorus relates that Theseus sat so long on a rock, that at length he grew to it, so that when Hercules tore him forcibly away, he left all the nether part of the man behind him.

Object Details

• Alternative title: Punch or The London charivari (Serientitel)
• Location: Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg
• Collection: UB Britische Karikaturen 1
• Inventory number: H 634-3 Folio

References and Relationships

• Related object and literature: Verweis: http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/punch_london_charivari1841/0031

Classification and Topics

• Subject (what): Satirische Zeitschrift ; Karikatur ; Großbritannien ; Parlament ; Peel, Robert ; Herakles ; Russell, John Russell ; Theseus, Fiktive Gestalt ; Machtverlust ; Verstümmelung ; Apollodorus, Grammaticus ; Keule ; Löwe

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Herstellung
• (who): Landells, Ebenezer ; Henning, Archibald
• (where): London
• (when): um 1841

Further information

• Last update: 05.03.2025, 4:23 PM CET