# Athena and the Winds, in Britain

John Flaxman painted this (n.d.), aged about 20. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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## The work

- Date: n.d.
- Medium: Pen and black ink, over traces of graphite, on tan wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper
- Dimensions: 21.1 × 29.5 cm (8 5/16 × 11 5/8 in.)
- Type: Drawing and Watercolor
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1919.2141
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[John Flaxman](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/john-flaxman), English, 1755–1826

Flaxman trained at the Royal Academy Schools and first made his name modelling designs for Josiah Wedgwood’s jasperware.

3 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by John Flaxman](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/john-flaxman?hang=750) (3 works)
- [More Georgian Britain](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/georgian-britain?hang=750) (63 works)
- [18th-century Britain](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-britain?hang=750) (42 works)

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