Rape of Polyxena living statuary poster with Youth of Bacchus – Antique Poster Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare vintage poster captures Rape of Polyxena living statuary poster with Youth of Bacchus in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Rape of Polyxena living statuary poster with Youth of Bacchus
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
Two classical subjects share this poster: the abduction of Polyxena, a daughter of Priam drawn from the Trojan cycle, and a youth of Bacchus, the god of wine. Both were staged as "living statuary," a popular late nineteenth-century entertainment in which performers held motionless poses modeled on famous marble groups, often under colored light and with music. Such bills advertised the spectacle as both art and respectable amusement, appealing to audiences who knew the sculptures from museums and engravings. Notice how the lettering and layout promote the living figures as if they were the statues themselves.
| Original scan | 1,164 × 1,451 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
|---|---|
| Reference | 3g05381_ |
More from the Theater Posters collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
