Stage Design, Prison Interior with the Death of Socrates
Horizontal rectangle. Interior of antique prison with high vaults. In foreground, group of figures in conversation with seated prisoner to whom they seem to offer the poisoned drink meant to kill him, likely an illustration of the death of Socrates.
Credit: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
early 19th century
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray and black wash on off-white laid paper, partially laid down on paper
1938-88-436
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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