Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945, British, Aesacus and Hesperie, 1896
- Title:
- Aesacus and Hesperie
- 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 on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 1/4 × 17 1/8 inches (31.1 × 43.5 cm), Plate: 8 1/4 × 11 3/8 inches (21 × 28.9 cm), Image: 7 × 10 1/8 inches (17.8 × 25.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "6305"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "Bliss (55)"
Monogrammed in plate: "S" on shield
Lettered below image: "F. Short sculp. after J.M.W. Turner R.A. 1896 | Aesacus and Hesperie"
Signed in graphite, lower right: "Frank Short"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Undetermined
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.8216
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- Aesacus is changed into a diving bird while pursuing the nymph Hesperia (or Asterope), who is bitten by a snake | grooming | hill | landscape | literary theme | Metamorphoses | nymph | pool | pursuit | religious and mythological subject | river | riverbank | rock | spying | sunlight | tree | watching | water | woods
- Associated People:
- Aesacus
Hesperia, one of the Hesperides in Greek mythology - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:30698
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