Daedalus attaching wings to the shoulders of his son Icarus. Stipple engraving by G.S. & E.G. Facius after C. Le Brun.

Daedalus attaching wings to the shoulders of his son, Icarus. Stipple engraving by G.S. and J.G. Facius, 1779, after C. Lebrun.

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Daedalus attaching wings to the shoulders of his son Icarus. Stipple engraving by G.S. & E.G. Facius after C. Le Brun.

Daedalus attaching wings to the shoulders of his son, Icarus. Stipple engraving by G.S. and J.G. Facius, 1779, after C. Lebrun.