A selection of plates from “The Iliad Of Homer Engraved from The Compositions Of Iohn Flaxman RA Sculptor, London” which was published on March 1, 1805. Engravings by Tommaso Piroli, who lived ca. 1752 – 1824.

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Evans, Robert Harding; Flaxman, John; John and Arthur Arch; Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme; Piroli, Tommaso; <I>The Iliad of Homer engraved from the Compositions of John Flaxman R.A., sculptor</I>, London 1805; Sleep and Death Conveying the Body of Sarpe...
“Sleep and Death Conveying the Body of Sarpedon to Lycia.” British. Tommaso Piroli, engraver after John Flaxman. Collections of the Royal Academy, London. Cc0 License 3.0. via https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/sleep-and-death-conveying-the-body-of-sarpedon-to-lycia-1
Evans, Robert Harding; Flaxman, John; John and Arthur Arch; Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme; Piroli, Tommaso; <I>The Iliad of Homer engraved from the Compositions of John Flaxman R.A., sculptor</I>, London 1805; Vulcan and Chares Receiving Thetis
“Vulcan and Chares Receiving Thetis.” British. Tommaso Piroli, engraver after John Flaxman. Collections of the Royal Academy, London. Cc0 License 3.0. via https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/vulcan-and-chares-receiving-thetis
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“The Descent of Discord.” 1805. British. Tommaso Piroli, engraver after John Flaxman. Collections of the Royal Academy, London. Cc0 License 3.0. via https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/the-descent-of-discord-1

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