Diana and Endymion
Print
01/12/1891 (published)
01/12/1891 (published)
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Mezzotint of a female mythical figure kissing a sleeping male mythical figure.
Object details
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Title | Diana and Endymion (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | 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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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Accession number | E.2456-1919 |
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Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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