Print made by James Baylis Allen, 1803–1876, British, Phryne Going to the Bath as Venus, between 1859 and 1861
- Title:
- Phryne Going to the Bath as Venus
- Date:
- between 1859 and 1861
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 1/4 × 8 3/4 inches (31.1 × 22.2 cm), Image: 8 3/4 × 7 1/2 inches (22.2 × 19.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "R. 737"; lower right: "R.A. 1838"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "Phryne going to the Bath as Venus- Demosthenes taunted by Aeschines"
Lettered below image, lower left: "J.M.W. TURNER R.A. PINXT."; lower center: "PHRYNE GOING TO THE BATH AS VENUS. | FROM THE PICTURE IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY. | LONDON JAMES S. VIRTUE.; lower right: "J.B. ALLEN, SCULPT."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.13876
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- cityscape | religious and mythological subject
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:39352
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