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Hercules kills the Lernean Hydra / Palafox defeats the tyrant at the shores of the Ebro

Artist: Francisco Cabrera (1781-1845)
Title: Hercules kills the Lernean Hydra / Palafox defeats the tyrant at the shores of the Ebro
Date: 1809
Medium: Engraving. Plate 32 of Guatemala por Fernando VII el día 12 de diciembre de 1808. Attributed to Antonio Juarros (ca. 1775 – 1814). Published in Guatemala by Ignacio Beteta (1757-1827) in 1809.
Correspondence Credit: Toledo Palomo 1962 and Almerindo Ojeda
Photo Source: Library of Congress Website
Note: In 1714, Bernard Picart engraved a copy, in reverse, of the source and published it in Amsterdam in the 1733 (Dutch) version of the Tableaux du Temple des Muses.
Item: 2627B