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Agesander. Laocoön group

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  • Alcoholism as a monstrous boa constrictor which forces a man to drink from a bottle held in its jaws, and crushes him and his wife and children. Colour lithograph by M. Biro, 19--.
  • Laocoön and his sons, attacked by sea snakes. Etching by R. Dalton, 174-.
  • Proportions of the human body: four figures of the Farnese Hercules and the Laocoön group, with proportions marked. Line engraving by W. Grainger, 1788/1795, after G. Audran (?).
  • Laocoön. Etching by Sisto Badalocchio, 1606.
  • The torso of Laocoon. Crayon manner print by A.F. Girard, 1820, after Eugène Bourgeois after Agesander.
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    Laocoön. Etching by Sisto Badalocchio, 1606.

    Badalocchio, Sisto, 1585- | Date: 1606 | Reference: 11386i
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    The écorché figure of Laocoön, wrestling with a snake. Pencil drawing by C.H.M. Kerr, 1882.

    Kerr, Charles H. M. | Date: 1882/12/28 | Reference: 572773i
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    Three human skeletons displayed with a snake skeleton, representing Laocoön and his sons. Photograph, ca. 1929.

    | Date: 1929 | Reference: 566107i
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    The antique statue of Laocoön: Lord Melbourne as Laocoön, Lord John Russell and Thomas Spring-Rice as the two sons, entwined by two serpents with the faces of Lords Brougham and Lyndhurst. Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1838.

    Doyle, John, 1797-1868. | Date: 10th [month not identified] 1838 | Reference: 36798i
    Part of: HB sketches
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    Laocoön and his sons, attacked by sea snakes. Etching by R. Dalton, 174-.

    Dalton, Richard, 1715?-1791. | Date: [between 1740 and 1749?] | Reference: 663861i
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