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This vase is based on the original modelled after Flaxman's bas-relief of 1785 and was produced as a companion to a the 'Pegasus' vase depicting the 'Apotheosis of Homer' completed in 1786. The 'Apotheosis of Virgil' vase is listed in Wedgwood's catalogue of 1787 and was probably in production by 1790. For a discussion of the iconography and history of the two vases see Aileen Dawson, Masterpieces of Wedgwood in the British Museum (1984), pp.102-11.