Leda (circa 1927)

Georg Ehrlich

etching

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Seated nude woman, half-length, looking down to front, head of swan behind. c.1927 Etching. Annotated: "Oh! Leda!" on plate. Signed and titled in pencil.

Technique:

Etching

Dimensions:

34 x 24.2 cm

Accession Number:

1927,0212.151

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1927

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Prints and Drawings Fund, 1919-27; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1927

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Greek and Roman mythology

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