Print made by Thomas Abiel Prior, 1809–1886, Britishafter Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
The Bay of Baiæ, Apollo and the Sibyl
Date:
1873
Materials & Techniques:
Etching and line engraving; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:
Sheet: 27 1/4 × 39 7/8 inches (69.2 × 101.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "R 686"; lower left: "First Published State"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.8091
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
the Cumaean Sibyl is granted long life: Apollo grants the Cumaean sibyl as many years as she has grains of sand in her hand. in return for her love (Ovid, Metamorphoses XIV 136) | town | distant view | hill | bay (body of water) | sea | man | woman | god | sibyl | religious and mythological subject | literary theme | landscape | tree | ruins | Metamorphoses
Associated Places:
Napoli, Golfo di | Baia | Napoli | Campania | Italy
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Classic Ground - British Artists and the Landscape of Italy, 1740-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-07-29 - 1981-09-20)
Publications:
Duncan Bull, Classic ground : British artists and the landscape of Italy, 1740-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 18, 27-28, no. 12, ND1354.4 B85 (YCBA)