Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Aesacus and Hesperie
Date:
1896
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/4 × 17 1/8 inches (31.1 × 43.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "6305"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "Bliss (55)"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Accession Number:
B1977.14.8216
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
Aesacus is changed into a diving bird while pursuing the nymph Hesperia (or Asterope), who is bitten by a snake | woods | tree | pool | grooming | literary theme | religious and mythological subject | landscape | nymph | rock | water | riverbank | river | watching | pursuit | spying | sunlight | hill | Metamorphoses