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Orpheus and Euridyce.
1784
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Metadata
- Call Number
- E South 13/GC021/Box 33/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles L-O GA 2011.01235
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1784/01/16.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Caricature
- Demonology—Caricatures and cartoons
- Monsters in art
- Orpheus (Greek mythological character)—Art
- Eurydice (Greek mythological character)—Art
- Mythology, Greek, in art
- Suffering in art
- Torture in art
- Hades (Greek deity)—Art
- Persephone (Greek deity)—Art
- Gods, Greek, in art
- Goddesses, Greek, in art
- Ixion (Greek mythology) in art
- Sisyphus (Greek mythology) in art
- Tantalus (Greek mythology) in art
- Prometheus (Greek deity)—Art
- Art
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Orpheus and Euridyce.
- Call Number
- E South 13/GC021/Box 33/Normal/Unidentified Artists/Titles L-O GA 2011.01235
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dc2801pv18s
- Publisher
- London : [s.n.], 1784/01/16.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1784
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 27.9 x 34 cm.
- Source Acquisition
- Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
- References
- British Museum. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires. [London]: Trustees of the British Museum, [1978]. No. 6731
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Unidentified Artist [caricaturist]
- Medium: Etchings
- Depiction: Caricature regarding torture. Various tormented mythological figures; Orpheus and Euridyce being separated by demons in foreground; Hades and Persephone enthroned in background, laughing.
- Unsigned.
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Caricature
- Demonology—Caricatures and cartoons
- Monsters in art
- Orpheus (Greek mythological character)—Art
- Eurydice (Greek mythological character)—Art
- Mythology, Greek, in art
- Suffering in art
- Torture in art
- Hades (Greek deity)—Art
- Persephone (Greek deity)—Art
- Gods, Greek, in art
- Goddesses, Greek, in art
- Ixion (Greek mythology) in art
- Sisyphus (Greek mythology) in art
- Tantalus (Greek mythology) in art
- Prometheus (Greek deity)—Art
- Art
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
-
https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/335281e2-f2a9-495d-842d-a96d85fa37e4/manifest