The Harpies (after John Dickson Batten) (1896)

John Dickson Batten

woodcut on paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

The Harpies (after John Dickson Batten) (1896)

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Materials:

Paper, Ink

Physical Object Description:

A harpy approaches from the right, to steal food from a table, while King Phineus sits looking away, to the left; finished proof. 1896 Woodcut printed in colours. Signed in pencil below the block "John D. Batten", and "Morley Fletcher".

Technique:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

30.7 x 15 cm

Accession Number:

1924,0209.53

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1924

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, 1922; presented to Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1924

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Mythological creatures, Greek and Roman mythology

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