Hannah Humphrey
Perseus and Andromeda
Published
[London] : Pubd as the Act Directs Jany ye 16 1784 by H Humphrey N° 51 New Bond street, [1784]
etching
image: 217 x 285 mm; plate mark: 248 x 305 mm; sheet: 266 x 322 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2490
Notes
Title etched below image.
A companion print to BMSat 6731, "Orpheus and Eurydice."
A companion print to BMSat 6731, "Orpheus and Eurydice."
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Andromeda, a fat woman wearing a cap, is shackled by the wrists to a rock (right.) by the edge of the sea. She screams at the approach of a cat-like monster with a scaly tail which swims towards her. Perseus (left), an elderly man wearing jack-boots, rides through the air on an ass; he is armed with a spit which he raises to strike the monster. Across the water in the distance spectators wave their hats and cheer; they are in the dress of the period. Cf. British Museum online catalogue.
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Artist
Classification
Department
Century prints
Catalog link