Print made by Thomas Burke, 1749–1815, British, Cephalus and Procris, 1783
- Title:
- Cephalus and Procris
- Date:
- 1783
- Materials & Techniques:
- Stipple engraving on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 11/16 x 11 inches (19.6 x 27.9 cm), Plate: 5 3/8 x 6 3/4 inches (13.6 x 17.1 cm), Image: 4 1/16 x 5 1/4 inches (10.3 x 13.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower center: "(formerly attributed to Bartolozzi, F.); lower right: "C378 only"
Lettered, center left along image: "G. B. Cipriani inv.t"; center right along image: "Thos. Burke Sculp.t"; lower center: "London Publish'd Oct.r 1st 1783, by G. Durand, No. 8, Catherine Street, Strand"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.547
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- armour | arrows | bow | cape | Cephalus inadvertently kills Procris | crying | death | dog (animal) | dying | Greek mythology | javelin | mountains | mythology | oval | religious and mythological subject | sadness | toga | trees | wound
- Associated People:
- Procris
Cephalus - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:40657
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