Atlas, with sceptre, in conversation with Orpheus. The Pleiad Electra, wearing a veil spangled with stars. hangs her head in grief at the destruction of Troy. Two other Pleiades, daughters of Atlas, stand with her. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Kirk (1765-1797) from Sir William Hamiltons Outlines from the Figures and Compositions upon the Greek, Roman and Etruscan Vases of the Late Sir Hamilton, T. MLean, London, 1834.
Atlas, with sceptre, in conversation with Orpheus. The Pleiad Electra, wearing a veil spangled with stars. hangs her head in grief at the destruction of Troy. Two other Pleiades, daughters of Atlas, stand with her. Copperplate engraving by Thomas Kirk (1765-1797) from Sir William Hamiltons Outlines from the Figures and Compositions upon the Greek, Roman and Etruscan Vases of the Late Sir Hamilton, T. MLean, London, 1834.