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Cupid Sheltering His Darling from the Approaching Storm

Oil Painting
1822 (painted)
Artist/Maker

Oil painting entitled 'Cupid Sheltering his Darling from the Approaching Storm'.


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • Cupid Sheltering His Darling from the Approaching Storm (assigned by artist)
  • Cupid sheltering Psyche (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on panel
Brief description
Oil painting entitled 'Cupid Sheltering his Darling from the Approaching Storm' by William Etty. Great Britain, 1822.
Physical description
Oil painting entitled 'Cupid Sheltering his Darling from the Approaching Storm'.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 43.1cm
  • Estimate width: 33.6cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
Credit line
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Object history
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 82-83
Collection
Accession number
FA.73[O]

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Record createdApril 18, 2007
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