Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Pan and Syrinx
Date:
1896
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/2 × 16 1/4 inches (29.2 × 41.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "F Intaglio set FS."; lower right: "Fine proof on old French paper"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Accession Number:
B1977.14.8227
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
metamorphoses of female persons into plants and flowers | 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) | literary theme | religious and mythological subject | chasing | satyr | nymph | reed | tree | grass | running | rock | water | forest | river | riverbank | landscape | Metamorphoses