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Creator:
Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945
after Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Title:
Pan and Syrinx, No.2
Part Of:

Collective Title: Subjects from the Liber Studiorum after J.M.W. Turner

Date:
1896
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; working proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/8 × 17 3/8 inches (30.8 × 44.1 cm), Plate: 8 1/2 × 11 inches (21.6 × 27.9 cm), Image: 8 × 10 1/2 inches (20.3 × 26.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in graphite: "Working proof F.S."

Monogrammed in plate: "S" on shield

Signed in graphite, lower right: "Frank Short"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Daniel Bell
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Accession Number:
B1986.30.37
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
chasing | forest | grass | literary theme | Metamorphoses | nymph | reed | religious and mythological subject | river | riverbank | rock | running | satyr | Syrinx changed into a reed: while fleeing from Pan, the nymph Syrinx is changed into a reed by her sisters, the Naiads (Ovid, Metamorphoses I 705) | tree | water
Associated People:
Pan (god)
Syrinx, nymph and follower of Artemis
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2637
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