drawing;
print study
- Museum number
- 1971,0515.3
- Description
-
Study for illustration to the 'Sixe Idyllia chosen out of ... Theocritus' 1971, "Water Nymph Galatea near the hills of Polyphemus"; across foreground fish, crab and human-like face seen in stretch of water, beyond cattle and buildings on shore, and a giant figure hovering overhead
Pen and black ink, with graphite
- Production date
- 1905-1984
- Dimensions
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Height: 216 millimetres
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Width: 163 millimetres (sight measurement)
- Curator's comments
- Related to an etching in 'Sixe Idyllia chosen out of ... Theocritus', introduced by Douglas Cleverdon, and with eight etchings by A Gross, Clover Hill Editions, Chilmark Press, New York, 1971; departmental copy placed 192*.a.30 (see 1971-5-15-2 (1-26)).
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
1972, BM, Modern/Recent Acquisitions
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Sixe Idyllia
- Acquisition date
- 1971
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1971,0515.3
