Late 18th.Century Neoclassical Oil Painting On Copper Penelope Weeping Over The Bow Of Odysseus Neptune Serving with the 3rd New

Serving with the 3rd New Zealand Rifles during WWI

1504-1588 known as "the joyful one" was the chief consort of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent

and was deeply mourned by both her husband and her uncle

The 1754 Marriage Act set the age of consent at 21 in England

Large late 18th

Late 18th.Century Neoclassical Oil Painting On Copper Penelope Weeping Over The Bow Of Odysseus Neptune Serving with the 3rd NewLate 18th. Early 19th. Century Neoclassical oil painting on copper. Penelope weeping over the bow of Odysseus. After the original 1779 composition by Angelica Kauffman R. A. 1741 1807. 20 by 26. 5 cms oval. Presented in a 19th. Century gilt wood slip 25. 4 by 31. 6 cms. Overall. Circa. 1800.