Print made by Lydia Bates, active 1784after John Hamilton Mortimer, 1740–1779, British
Title:
Deucalion and Pyrrha after the Flood
Date:
1784
Materials & Techniques:
Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 x 16 1/4 inches (29.2 x 41.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Mortimer invt."; lower right: "Lydia Bates fect 1784"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.7.6
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
portrait | walking | women | people | men | children | temple | trees | stones | religious and mythological subject | rocks (landforms) | Greek mythology | throwing | stones turning into men: stones thrown by Deucalion and Pyrrha, as directed by the oracle of Themis, turn into men | escape | flood | birth