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Object Type
print
Museum number
1935,0522.3.68
Title
Object:
Bacchus and Ariadne
Description
Bacchus stands pointing at himself while a reclining naked Ariadne holds out her hand towards him on the shore. c.1770s/80s Hand-coloured mezzotint
Producer name
Published by:
Bowles & Carver
School/style
British
Production date
1770-1790
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
hand-coloured
Dimensions
Height:
351 millimetres
Width:
252 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Bowles/Bowles & Carver Posture Mezzotints / New and enlarged catalogue of maps, plans and prints ....
(358)
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
Subjects
classical mythology
classical deity
Associated names
Representation of:
Dionysos/Bacchus
Representation of:
Ariadne
Acquisition name
Transferred from:
British Library
Acquisition date
1935
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1935,0522.3.68