Updated 22 October 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
<Ancient History>: (1) Menelaus the vanquisher. On the smoking ramparts of proud Troy, / Menelaus, son of the Gods, like rich booty, / Entrances his blonde Helen, and takes her to his heart / More beautiful than ever through modesty and love. Iliad (Translation by Bareste)
| Date | 1841 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | lithograph, newsprint paper |
| Size（cm） | 24.3 x 19.7 |
| Standard ref. | Delteil 925 (iii/iii), Tobu I-277 |
| Category | Prints |
| Collection Number | G.2000-0429 |
Provenance
Peter Morse; Tobu Museum of Art (Tobu Railway Company); Purchased by the NMWA, 2001.
Exhibition History
- 1997
- Honore Daumier Caricatures from the Tobu Collections: Eyewitness of an Epoch, Tobu Museum of Art, 25 January 1997 - 11 February 1997, no. 104
Bibliography
- 2002
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 35 (Apr. 2000-Mar. 2001), 2002, Takahashi, Akiya. New Acquisitions. pp. 14-15, List of New Acquisitions. p. 55.