Source Note: From Stories from the Greek tragedians. (New York Dodd, Mead Company 1879) Flaxman, John (1755-1826), Illustrator. Church, Alfred John (1829-1912), Author.
Content: Hercules lays himself on a funeral pyre on Mount Oeta after being poisoned. He then ascends to Mount Olympus and lives among the gods.

Physical Description

Lithographs
Extent: 10.6 x 14.9 cm
Tinted lithograph.

Identifiers

Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c85bda30-c5be-012f-e8a8-58d385a7bc34

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1879

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Hercules on Mount Oeta" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1879. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c85bda30-c5be-012f-e8a8-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1879). Hercules on Mount Oeta Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c85bda30-c5be-012f-e8a8-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Hercules on Mount Oeta" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c85bda30-c5be-012f-e8a8-58d385a7bc34

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