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Print
1859-61 (engraved)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Line engraving on steel depicting the courtesan Phryne, going to the public baths as Venus


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • The Turner Gallery (series title)
  • Phryne going to the Bath as Venus (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Line engraving on steel
Brief description
Line engraving on steel by J. B. Allen entitled 'Phryne going to the Bath as Venus', from the publication 'The Turner Gallery', after works by J. M. W. Turner. Great Britain, 1859-61.
Physical description
Line engraving on steel depicting the courtesan Phryne, going to the public baths as Venus
Credit line
Bequeathed by Horace Mummery
Subjects depicted
Other number
R737 - Rawlinson number (Mummery Bequest)
Collection
Accession number
E.5149-1946

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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