- [nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]COP41.11
- [nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Ceyx and Alcione
- [nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]
- [nb-NO]Creator[nb-NO]Richard (after) Wilson (Artist), William Woollett (Engraver)
- [nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]General 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)
- [nb-NO]Date[nb-NO], , 1769
- [nb-NO]Production period[nb-NO]18th century
- [nb-NO]Technique[nb-NO]
- [nb-NO]Inscription[nb-NO]
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 }
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Named Collection: Cottonian Collection