Solus in adversos Cocles stans impiger hostes ...

One of a pair of copper engravings by and after H. Goltzius; each with large Roman warrior figure in foreground, smaller figures in battle etc. in landscape background. 'Horatius Cocles, whole-length, striding forward to right, holding aloft a shield and a sword; beyond. Cocles is single-handedly fighting off his foes at a bridgehead' -- British Museum. From series: The Roman Heroes [See also: Inter tergeminos hinc atque prelia fratres]. One of a pair of copper engravings by and after H. Goltzius; each with large Roman warrior figure in foreground, smaller figures in battle etc. in landscape background. 'Horatius Cocles, whole-length, striding forward to right, holding aloft a shield and a sword; beyond. Cocles is single-handedly fighting off his foes at a bridgehead' -- British Museum. From series: The Roman Heroes [See also: Inter tergeminos hinc atque prelia fratres]. Upright folio, matted; margins severely trimmed; clean. N.Y., Rockman Prints, 1949.
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