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William Walcot R.E., Hon.R.I.B.A.  
(Odessa 1874 – 1943 Ditchling, Sussex)

A Tragedy of Sophocles at Hardian's Villa

A Tragedy of Sophocles at Hardian's Villa | William Walcot | Original etching with aquatint, 1913 | Elizabeth harvey-Lee

A Tragedy of Sophocles at Hardian's Villa
Dickins 1, EH-L 14
437 x 466 mm
Original etching with aquatint, 1913.
Signed in pencil.

£650

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Additional Information about the Print

An impression was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1913, at the Fine Art Society in 1914 and at James Connell in 1918

Illustrated in the Studio book Masters of Etching : William Walcot, 1927 Salaman’s commentary is ,

“In A Tragedy of Sophocles at Hadrian’s Villa we see the far-travelled emperor, who having built everywhere, seen and done everything, is seeking in his great villa at Tivoli to be reminded of the culture which his beloved Athens was wont to give him. So he dreams back into the Greek theatre he has built there – based perhaps on the theatre of Dionysus Eleuthereus at Athens, and comes there in state, splendidly attended, though not to see one of the currently popular comedies of Menander, but a tragedy of Sophocles, the Oedipus Rex which in Athens is no longer fashionable. The performance is proceeding in the Orchestra, while lights flare from the Thymele, and the auditorium is but scantily filled, except where Hadrian’s personal state demands pomp and circumstance, but the great columns stand majestic against the cypresses, and the semi-circular galleries, beautifully decorated with their statues on pedestals, add an aspect of graciousness to the marmoreal effect touched to life with moving togas. This etching is planned so that, not only are we seeing a particular play, but the whole spirit of Greek tragedy is living before us.”