Print made by Lydia Bates, active 1784, Deucalion and Pyrrha after the Flood, 1784
- Title:
- Deucalion and Pyrrha after the Flood
- Date:
- 1784
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 11 1/2 x 16 1/4 inches (29.2 x 41.3 cm), Plate: 9 7/16 x 11 5/16 inches (24 x 28.7 cm), Image: 8 1/8 x 10 3/8 inches (20.7 x 26.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Mortimer invt."; lower right: "Lydia Bates fect 1784"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.7.6
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- birth | children | escape | flood | Greek mythology | men | people | portrait | religious and mythological subject | rocks (landforms) | stones | stones turning into men: stones thrown by Deucalion and Pyrrha, as directed by the oracle of Themis, turn into men | temple | throwing | trees | walking | women
- Associated People:
- Pyrrha
Deucalion - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:19694
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