Joseph Grozer, ca. 1755–1798, British, The Death of Dido, 1796
- Title:
- The Death of Dido
- Part Of:
Collective Title: Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres
- Date:
- 1796
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 19 5/8 × 23 9/16 inches (49.8 × 59.8 cm), Image: 18 × 23 1/2 inches (45.7 × 59.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "painted by Sir Joshua REynolds"; lettered, lower center: "London; Published as the Act directs [18th] May 1786, by J. Grozer, No.8, Caslle Street, Leicester Square. | The Death of Dido"; lettered, lower right: "Engraved by J.Grozer"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.10357
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- Aeneid | cloud | death | death of Dido; she climbs the funeral pyre and falls upon the sword of Aeneas | goddess | historical subject | literary theme | portrait | pyre | queen (person) | religious and mythological subject | sea | ship | sister | smoke | sword | the story of Aeneas' wanderings to Italy (Virgil, Aeneid) | the tragedy of Dido (Virgil, Aeneid IV) | the Trojans' departure from Carthage | weapon | woman
- Associated Places:
- Carthage | Tunis
- Associated People:
- Dido
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