Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Pan and Syrinx, No. 1
Date:
1896
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with mezzotint (trial proof of abandoned plate) on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/8 × 12 1/4 inches (24.4 × 31.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite: "202. the first plate, abandoned and proofs destroyed F.S."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Daniel Bell
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Accession Number:
B1986.30.41
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
literary theme | religious and mythological subject | chasing | satyr | nymph | tree | 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) | reed | grass | running | rock | water | Metamorphoses