Ozymandias King Of Kings Drawing By Austen Pinkerton

Year:

Medium:

Crayon Drawing

Size - (USA):

55 W x 37 H x 1 D (cm)

Size - (metric):

21.7 W x 14.6 H x 0.4 D (inches)

Theme:

History

Edition:

Original

Artwork ID:

646716

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Artwork Description:

Just completed: Ozymandias, King of Kings . Crayon, Ink, White Gouache on Daler Line Wash board. 55 x 37 cm. I used an image of one of the pair of gigantic Collossii of Memnon as a starting point. The title refers to the short poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley.......... as follows: I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed: And on the pedestal these words appear: ‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair ’ Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

Artwork Keywords:   Ancient Egypt Archaeology History Rocks Desert , Original Drawing

Materials:   Crayon Drawings