Equo Ne Credite Teucri
In the Exhibition at the Dudley Gallery
In the Exhibition at the Dudley Gallery
Artist: Briton Riviere (1840-1920)
The title refers to the Trojan Horse and comes from Virgil's Aeneid, Book II (29-19 BC): Laocoön saying: "Equo ne credite, Teucri. Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes." ("Do not trust the horse, Trojans! Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks, even bringing gifts.")
Riviere was a British artist of Huguenot descent. He was an illustrator for the weekly British magazine of humor, Punch - The London Charivari, and also The Illustrated London News, that published this artwork. Riviere received a degree of Doctor of Civil Law at Oxford in 1891, and was narrowly defeated in the election for President of the Royal Academy in 1896.
Riviere was a British artist of Huguenot descent. He was an illustrator for the weekly British magazine of humor, Punch - The London Charivari, and also The Illustrated London News, that published this artwork. Riviere received a degree of Doctor of Civil Law at Oxford in 1891, and was narrowly defeated in the election for President of the Royal Academy in 1896.
The object that is on the ground that the horse is eyeing is, upon closer inspection, a snake and not a child's hat.
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