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Diana and Endymion

Print
01/12/1891 (published)
Artist/Maker
Short, Frank (Sir) (made)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Mezzotint of a female mythical figure kissing a sleeping male mythical figure.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Myths & Legends
Object type
Print
TitleDiana and Endymion (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Mezzotint
Brief description
Mezzotint by Sir Frank Short, "Diana and Endymion." After the painting by G. F. Watts, R.A. Great Britain, ca. 1880-1919.
Physical description
Mezzotint of a female mythical figure kissing a sleeping male mythical figure.
Dimensions
  • Height: 18 3/16in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
  • Width: 22 3/8in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered in script at bottom of plate London. Published Decr 1st 1891, by Robert Dunthorne, at The Rembrandt Head in Vigo Street, W. Signed in pencil G. F. Watts and Frank Short. (Inscription from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
Credit line
Presented by the Artist in memory of his son, Captain Francis Leslie Short, who died on Active Service, on June 3, 1916.
Subjects depicted
Diana
Endymion
Associations
Dunthorne
Watts, G. F.
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.2456-1919

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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