Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Print made by Samuel Freeman, 1773–1857, British

and Joseph Constantine Stadler, active 1780–1812, British

after Guy Head, 1753–1800, British

Published by William Holland, 1757–1815, British
Title:
Iris
Date:
1808
Materials & Techniques:
Colored aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 15 3/4 x 11 5/8 inches (40 x 29.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower right: "E16932"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.11725
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
flying | woman | light | trees | wings | fabric | floating | nude | evening | jug | vessel | sky | shore (landform) | lake | mythological figures | river | landscape | bridge (built work) | sash | religious and mythological subject | clouds
Currently On View:
Not on view
Publications:
Nancy L. Pressly, Guy Head and his Echo Flying from Narcissus: a British artist in Rome in the 1790's, Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 60, Founders Society Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, p. 71, fig. 4, V 0224 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31383