Joseph Grozer, ca. 1755–1798, Britishafter Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1723–1792, British
Title:
The Death of Dido
Date:
1796
Materials & Techniques:
Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 19 5/8 × 23 9/16 inches (49.8 × 59.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "painted by Sir Joshua REynolds"; lettered, lower center: "London; Published as the Act directs [18th] May 1786, by J. Grozer, No.8, Caslle Street, Leicester Square. | The Death of Dido"; lettered, lower right: "Engraved by J.Grozer"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.10357
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
religious and mythological subject | literary theme | historical subject | queen (person) | death | cloud | woman | goddess | pyre | sister | weapon | sword | ship | sea | smoke | death of Dido; she climbs the funeral pyre and falls upon the sword of Aeneas | the Trojans' departure from Carthage | the tragedy of Dido (Virgil, Aeneid IV) | the story of Aeneas' wanderings to Italy (Virgil, Aeneid) | portrait | Aeneid