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Orpheus & Eurydice

Print
01/10/1889 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Short, Frank (Sir) (made)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Mezzotint of a male mythical figure clutching a female mythical figure, who appears to be dead or unconscious.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Myths & Legends
Object type
Print
TitleOrpheus & Eurydice (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint on a plate.
Plate
Mezzotint
Brief description
Mezzotint by Sir Frank Short, "Orpheus & Eurydice." Great Britain, ca. 1880-1919.
Physical description
Mezzotint of a male mythical figure clutching a female mythical figure, who appears to be dead or unconscious.
Dimensions
  • Plate height: 13 3/4in (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)
  • Plate width: 20 5/8in (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)
  • Mezzo surface height: 7 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)
  • Mezzo. surface width: 19 1/2in (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 at top of plate London. Published Octr 1st 1889, by Robt Dunthorne, at The Rembrandt Head in Vigo Street, W. Signed in pencil G. F. Watts, Frank Short Sc. F. Goulding. Imp. (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.
Object history
Sir Frank Short was awarded the Gold prize at the Paris Exhibition in 1889 for his mezzotint of Orpheus and Eurydice, after George Frederic Watts, R.A. The painting by Watts was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1869.
Subjects depicted
Orpheus
Eurydice
Association
Watts, George Frederic OM, RA
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.2434-1919

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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