Psyche is set the task of collecting the Golden Fleece from Venus' flocks and is helped by a voice from the reeds: P.12178-R(b)

View image details Use this image

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Psyche is set the task of collecting the Golden Fleece from Venus' flocks and is helped by a voice from the reeds
Cupid and Psyche in Morris's 'The Earthly Paradise'

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Morris, William
Draughtsman: Burne-Jones, Edward (After)

Entities

Description

Image is of whole sheet, printed with P.12178-R(a).

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1927) by Holliday, J. R.

Dating

19th Century
Circa 1866 - Circa 1888

Note

The thirty-seventh block in the series (numbers corresponding to a list copied from one written by William Morris). Printed with the forty-second block on a single sheet: see P.12178-R(a) for the other block. The blocks were cut c.1868-8, but these proofs were probably printed in the 1880s. Sheet has two "Primrose" watermarks.

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Wood engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.12178-R(b)
Primary reference Number: 176182
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Sunday 7 August 2011

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:


            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Psyche is set the task of collecting the Golden Fleece from Venus' flocks and is helped by a voice from the reeds" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/176182 Accessed: 2024-04-18 09:28:51

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:


            {{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/176182
            |title=Psyche is set the task of collecting the Golden Fleece from Venus' flocks and is helped by a voice from the reeds
            |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-18 09:28:51|publisher=The
            University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-176182

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp49/P_12178_R_28b_29.jpg"
        alt="Psyche is set the task of collecting the Golden Fleece from Venus' flocks and is helped by a voice from the reeds"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Psyche is set the task of collecting the Golden Fleece from Venus' flocks and is helped by a voice from the reeds</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>