Italian Hand Colored Engraving by Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein: Based on the Original Collection of Sir William Hamilton's Ancient Vases

A hooded archer swings a club, and a bearded fellow in white makes off at a run, tail flying.

This hand colored engraving, based on the original collection of Sir William Hamilton's ancient vases, is after Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, from Naples, Italy, around 1791, in ink on paper. The club, bow and animal skin worn over the head are the usual attributes of Herakles, and satyrs, with their horse tails, often turn up as his comic foils. The hero is colored orange, cloaked and striding forward. The satyr is left white, glancing back as he runs with a bundle in his hand. The image is 6.75 inches wide and 4.25 high.

The satyr has clearly decided that discretion is the better part of valor.