print
- Museum number
- 2010,7081.7150
- Description
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Ariadne forsaken; a young woman in classical dress standing on a seashore facing right, looking ahead forlornly and shielding her eyes with her hand, holding the edge of her cloak with the other; reworked proof, reflection below feet taken out.
Colour mezzotint on chine collé
- Production date
- 1911 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 382 millimetres
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Width: 178 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- One of seven proofs from different states: 2010,7081.7145-7151. One is annotated in pencil on the verso 'Ariadne Forsaken. Mezzotint Engraving Exhibited in the International Exhibition at Rome. 1911'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2010
- Acquisition notes
- Acquired with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Friends of the British Museum, the Art Fund, Mrs Charles Wrightsman, the Michael Marks Charitable Trust, and numerous individual donors.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 2010,7081.7150