The "Lizard's Hole" Immortalised by Horace
Date1910
Artist
Joseph Pennell
(American printmaker, illustrator, and author, 1857–1926)
Illustration Citation"Horace's Sabine Farm," by Elizabeth Pennell, in Illustrated London News, August 27, 1910, illustration appears on separate page.
MediumCharcoal on paper
Dimensionssheet: 23 3/16 × 18 11/16 in. (58.9 × 47.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1987
Object number1987-18
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis drawing illustrates the site of the Sabine farm given to the Roman poet Horace by his patron Maecenas. The picturesque estate between Rome and Tivoli was contemptuously described as a "lizard's hole" by some of Horace's fellow satirists. The drawing was produced to illustrate an article by the artist's wife Elizabeth Pennell in the Illustrated London News.
