T589, MEDEA SCATTERS THE LIMBS OF ABSYRTUS IN THE WAY, TO RETARD THE PURSUIT OF AETES, WHO WOULD NATURALLY STOP TO PICK UP THE FRAGMENTS OF HIS CHILD [MEDEA, FLYING WITH JASON, IS PASSING OVER THE DEAD BODY OF ABSYRTHUS, WHICH SHE HAD LAID IN THE PATH OF ACTES, TO RETARD HIS PURSUIT]
Description: MEDEA SCATTERS THE LIMBS OF ABSYRTUS IN THE WAY, TO RETARD THE PURSUIT OF AETES, WHO WOULD NATURALLY STOP TO PICK UP THE FRAGMENTS OF HIS CHILD [MEDEA, FLYING WITH JASON, IS PASSING OVER THE DEAD BODY OF ABSYRTHUS, WHICH SHE HAD LAID IN THE PATH OF ACTES, TO RETARD HIS PURSUIT]
Prendeville, J.: Explanatory catalogue of the proof-impressions of the antique gems possessed by the late Prince Poniatowski and now in the possession of John Tyrrell, Esq. (1841): 589