Thomas Banks RA, The Falling Titan, c. 1795.
Etching. 260 mm x 357 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: Prudence Cuming Associates Limited.
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Thomas Banks RA (1735 - 1805)
RA Collection: Art
260 mm x 357 mm
Etchings, by & from the most esteem'd English artists - [s.l.]: c.1875]
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The Falling Titan, 1 June 1811
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Thomas Banks RA
The Falling Titan, 1786
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