Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Pan and Syrinx, No.2
Date:
1896
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; working proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/8 × 17 3/8 inches (30.8 × 44.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite: "Working proof F.S."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Daniel Bell
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Accession Number:
B1986.30.37
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
literary theme | religious and mythological subject | chasing | satyr | nymph | reed | tree | grass | running | rock | water | forest | river | riverbank | Syrinx changed into a reed: while fleeing from Pan, the nymph Syrinx is changed into a reed by her sisters, the Naiads (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 705) | Metamorphoses