- Creator:
- Attributed to William Hamilton, 1751–1801, BritishFormerly James Barry, 1741–1806, Irish
- Title:
- Leander Taking Leave of Hero Before Swimming Back Across the Hellespont
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, gray wash, pen and brown ink, red chalk, graphite, with scraping out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 1/8 × 10 5/8 inches (35.9 × 27 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.1007
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- stairs | man | waves (natural events) | dresses | figures | water | woman | (story of) Hero and Leander | steps | swimming | religious and mythological subject | nudes | love | capes | sea | torches | historical subject | strait
- Associated Places:
- Hellespont | Turkey
- Currently On View:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10174