File:Orpheus and Eurydice (BM 1851,0901.165).jpg
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[edit]Orpheus and Eurydice
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Title |
Orpheus and Eurydice |
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Description |
English: A companion print to BMSat 6732. Orpheus (right), an elderly fiddler with a wooden leg, is being pushed out of Hades by a demon, while another clutches Eurydice, a shrewish-looking woman, round the waist, dragging her in the opposite direction. At the feet of Orpheus is an open music-book with the words 'If ere that Cruel Tyrant Love'; his bow is under the demon's foot. He passes under a rocky arch in front of which monstrous creatures writhe and point.
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Date |
1784 date QS:P571,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Prints and Drawings |
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Accession number |
1851,0901.165 |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1851-0901-165 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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File change date and time | 10:53, 24 October 2005 |
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