- Object numberCOP41.11
- TitleCeyx and Alcione
- Object
- CreatorRichard (after) Wilson (Artist), William Woollett (Engraver)
- DescriptionGeneral Description: Stormy seas pound the shoreline. Ceyx's corpse is brought ashore by two nymphs, whilst Alcione stands on the shore, distraught with grief, surrounded by four nymphs. (Leedham, Susan, 2018-02-05)
- Production date, , 1769
- Production period18th century
- Technique
- Inscription
inscribed lettering, below, : {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Segoe UI;}} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs18 'Ceyx and Alicione. From an Original Picture in the possession of Ryland & Bryer. R. Wilson pixat. Wm Woollett Engraver. Published 31st July 1769, as the Act directs, by Wm Woollett in Green Street, Leicester Fields, & Ryland & Bryer at the King's Arms in Cornhill, London.' Two transcripts from Ovid and Dryden either side of title.\par }
- Associations
Named Collection: Cottonian Collection