Leander Taking Leave of Hero Before Swimming Back Across the Hellespont, Attributed to William Hamilton, 1751–1801, British, Previously attributed to James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish, undated, Watercolor, gray wash, pen and brown ink, red chalk, graphite, with scraping out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 5/8 inches ( × 27 cm), (story of) Hero and Leander, capes, dresses, figures, historical subject, love, man, nudes, religious and mythological subject, sea, stairs, steps, strait, swimming, torches, water, waves (natural events), woman, Hellespont

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