Mucius Scaevola and Porsena., Alexandre Jacovleff, 1911

The illustration for the humorous book the general history edited by satyricon. “ mucius decided to kill porsena, but, in absence of mind, he killed somebody else. Mucius had got hungry during these activities and started making his supper, but instead of a piece of beef he, in absence of mind, shoved his own hand into the fire. ” —the general history edited by satyricon. Date: 1911. Mucius Scaevola and Porsena by A Yakovlev 1911