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Galinthias Outwits Eileithyia by Announcing the Birth of Heracles is a drawing by Swiss artist Henry Fuseli, created in 1791. It is currently in the permanent collection at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.

Description
The drawing depicts Galinthias, the servant of Alcmene, announcing to Eilethyia, the goddess of childbirth, that the birth of Hercules has already happened. Galinthias outstretches her left hand to the goddess, her body in motion running forward toward Eilethyia and turning the corner. Underneath her feet appears to be a weasel, a foreshadow to what will happen to her for outsmarting Hera. Her dress billows as she moves, and her curls on her head are carefully delineated. Eilethyia, who is shown much larger than Galinthias, sits with her legs held together to prevent the birth of Hercules from happening. Eileithyia is covered in a cloak that covers most of her body. She has a hunchback that rests on the edge of the paper. Her feet are crossed, to keep her legs together tightly. She looks up toward the servant and has a hint of a smile on her face. In the background through an arch on the left side of the image, Hercules' mother Alcmene struggles in labor, bare breasted and turning to her midwife. Fuseli poses the drawing right on the verge of the annoucement, right before Eileithyia releases her legs and allows Alcmene to birth her son.

On the back of the drawing is a drawing of Mrs. Fuseli.

Historical information
The story is from Book IX of Ovid's Metamorphoses.

William Blake's name appears on the lower right hand corner of the drawing. It is assumed that Blake, a long-time admirer and friend of Fuseli, possibly owned the drawing.

Acquisition
The Indianapolis Museum of Art acquired the work by a gift donated by Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Miller in 1993. Its acquisition number is 1993.172

Early Life and Career
Clark was born in Washington, D.C. in 1927. Clark moved to Chicago during the Works Progress Administration. Her training came from the 414 Workshop in Chicago, the San Fransisco Art Institute, and while she lived in Haiti.

She entered the Atlanta University Art Annuals four times, and received two purchase awards, her first for her painting, My Great, Great, Great, Great Grandfather's Cousin in 1956, and her second for her painting Five Centuries Ago won the John Hope Purchase Award for Best Landscape in 1958. Clark was one of 27 women out of the total 155 artists who received purchase awards during the event.

Clark's work is owned by Howard University. the Oakland Museum of Art, and Clark Atlanta University. ==