Print made by Sir Frank Short, 1857–1945, British, Procris and Cephalus, 1885
- Title:
- Procris and Cephalus
- Part Of:
Collective Title: Subjects from the Liber Studiorum after J.M.W. Turner
- Date:
- 1885
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 1/4 × 12 7/8 inches (26 × 32.7 cm), Plate: 8 1/4 × 11 1/8 inches (21 × 28.3 cm), Image: 7 1/2 × 10 1/4 inches (19.1 × 26 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite: "S35. Early State. [crossed out]"
Signed in graphite, lower right: "Frank Short"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1994.4.419
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- arrow | bow | Cephalus inadvertently kills Procris | death | dog | foliage | landscape | literary theme | love-affairs of Cephalus | man | Metamorphoses | mourning | mourning of Procris | path | quiver | religious and mythological subject | tree | woman | woods
- Associated People:
- Procris
Cephalus - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:39378
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