Etched and engraved by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Aesacus and Hesperie
Date:
1819
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 × 10 1/4 inches (17.8 × 26 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on mount in graphite, lower left: "66"; lower right: "6th State"; inscribed on verso of mount in graphite, lower left: "Drawn Etched & Engraved by J.M.W Turner | Jan 1 1819"; lower center: "Aesacus & Hesperie"; lower right: "(A. J. Finberg)"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.13979
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 | woods | tree | pool | grooming | literary theme | religious and mythological subject | landscape | nymph | rock | water | riverbank | river | watching | spying | sunlight | hill | Metamorphoses
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Charlotte Gould, British art and the environment : changes, challenges, and responses since the Industrial Revolution, New York, p. 190, fig. 11.2, N8217.E28 B75 2022 (YCBA)