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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1877,0609.1731
Title: Object: Creusa Appearing to Aeneas
Description: Aeneas, in armour, staring up on the right, stepping forward to the left and throwing his arms out to try and embrace Creusa, who floats in mid-air, naked holding a veil billowing around her and looking down to the right at him, in the background, Troy burns; after Cosway. 1781 Mezzotint
Producer name: Print made by: Valentine Green; After: Maria Cosway; Published by: Valentine Green
School/style: British
Production date: 1781
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper
Technique: mezzotint
Dimensions: Height: 553 millimetres; Width: 430 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references: Whitman 1902 / British Mezzotinters: Valentine Green (226); Chaloner Smith 1883 / British Mezzotinto portraits from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century (Undescribed)
Location: Not on display
Associated names: Representation of: Aeneas; Representation of: Creusa; Illustration to: Virgil
Associated titles
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Louis Bihn
Acquisition date: 1877
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1877,0609.1731

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