Published title: the naval battle near ecnomus (256 bc)
description from source:
the roman fleet victorious over the carthaginians at the battle of cape ecnomus; no copyright - united states (http://rightsstatements. Org/vocab/noc-us/1. 0/). . This drawing is one of a series of illustrations saint-aubin made in the 1760s for an ambitious history of rome. Engravings after drawings as well as maps were to accompany this multi-volume series which was never completed. In 1789, twenty-nine engraved plates from saint-aubin's drawings illustrated a more modest roman history. Date: circa 1763. Dimensions: height: 21.5 cm (8.4 in); width: 39.6 cm (15.5 in). Medium: black chalk, brown ink, gouache, pen, watercolor.
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