Print made by Anthony Cardon, 1772–1813, Flemishafter Thomas Kirk, 1765–1797, IrishPublished by Antonio Poggi, active 1776–1781, Italian
Title:
Cupid Wounded
Date:
1801
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 5/16 × 9 1/2 inches (33.8 × 24.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower center: "CUPID WOUNDED."; two sets of two lines of text, divided with a vertical line, lower center, left set: "If a Bee can wound so deep, | Causing Cupid thus to weep,"; right set: "Think, O think what cruel pains | He that's sung by thee sustains. | Anacreon."; lower left: "Design'd by Kirk"; lower center: "LONDON, PUBLISHED March 10. 1801, by A. C. de Poggi, No. 91, New Bond Street."; lower right: "Engraved by A. Cardon."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Joseph Lanman Richards
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1994.4.867
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
ocean | toga | sandals | necklace | bracelets | arrows | tree | flowers (plants) | woods | coastline | clouds | doves | wings | religious and mythological subject | comforting | crying | Venus taking care of Cupid | bee | wound