Europa
Print
10/12/1776 (published)
10/12/1776 (published)
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Print showing the figure of Europa as a female, her breasts bare, sitting sideways on the back of a bull in the sea and reaching towards her maidens in the distance. Beneath are two cupids, one looking to front and sitting on the back of a dolphin, the other in the sea with his back to the viewer. In the right background are Europa's maidens, standing on the shore.
Object details
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Title | Europa (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Mezzotint |
Brief description | 'Europa'. Print showing Europa carried away across the sea on the back of a bull. Mezzotint by John Raphael Smith after Richard Cosway, 1776. |
Physical description | Print showing the figure of Europa as a female, her breasts bare, sitting sideways on the back of a bull in the sea and reaching towards her maidens in the distance. Beneath are two cupids, one looking to front and sitting on the back of a dolphin, the other in the sea with his back to the viewer. In the right background are Europa's maidens, standing on the shore. |
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Credit line | Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964. |
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Accession number | E.568-1959 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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