Rome Taken from the Gauls
A Gaul is shown pulling the beard of an old Roman seated in front of the closed door of a house. Two old armored men step up to the platform one of them holding a lighted torch. A dead woman and a child lie in front of the platform. The Gauls come from the left.
Credit: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
c. 1810
Black crayon, pen and ink, brush and watercolors, white heightening on blue paper
1931-64-265
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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