William Woollett, 1735–1785, Britishafter Richard Wilson, 1713/4–1782, British, active in Italy (1750–56)
Title:
Ceyx and Alcyone
Date:
1769
Materials & Techniques:
Line engraving and etching on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 18 x 22 inches (45.7 x 55.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "384b (encircled) | 41344 (encircled)"; lower right: "(IR74/651)"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.14567
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
husband | wife | winds | mythology | cliffs | seascape | (story of) Alcyone and Ceyx | dead | religious and mythological subject | waves (natural events) | legend
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Richard Wilson and the Transformation of European Landscape Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2014-03-06 - 2014-06-01)Nobleness and Grandeur - Forging Historical Landscape in Britain, 1760 - 1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-01-27 - 2005-04-24)
Publications:
Martin Postle, Richard Wilson and the transformation of European landscape painting, Yale University Press, New Haven, 2014, pp. 132, 285, no. 103, NJ18.W72 R53 2014 OVERSIZE (YCBA)