Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British, Procris and Cephalus, 1812
- Title:
- Procris and Cephalus
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1812
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 1/8 × 16 1/8 inches (28.3 × 41 cm), Plate: 8 1/2 × 11 1/2 inches (21.6 × 29.2 cm), Image: 7 3/8 × 10 1/2 inches (18.7 × 26.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "41"; lower right: "3rd State"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "41/2"; lower center: "A Bright Impression a good third state"; lower right: "(Z.W. Oct 45)"
Watermark: J. Whatman 1810
Lettered above image: "H"; below image: "Drawn & Etched by I.M.W.Turner | Engraved by G.Clint | Procris and Cephalus | Published Feby. 14 1812, by I.M.W.Turner Queen Ann Street West."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.13999
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- arrow | bow | Cephalus inadvertently kills Procris | death | dog | foliage | landscape | literary theme | man | Metamorphoses | mourning | mourning of Procris | path | quiver | religious and mythological subject | tree | woman | woods
- Associated People:
- Procris
Cephalus - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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