Myrrha, retired into the country of the Sabeans, is deliver'd of Adonis, and afterwards metamorphosed into a tree, from Ovid's "Metamorphoses"
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Metamorphoses
Artist: Ovid|Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen|William Walker|George Kearsley
Artist bio: Roman, Sulmo 43 BCE–17 CE Tomis, Moesia|French, Valenciennes 1720–1778 Brussels|British, Thirsk, North Yorkshire 1729–1793 London|London
Artist role: Author|Artist|Engraver|Publisher
Artist nationality: Roman|French|British|British
Date: April 1, 1775
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: Plate: 7 13/16 × 5 13/16 in. (19.9 × 14.8 cm)
Sheet: 10 3/16 × 7 11/16 in. (25.8 × 19.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession year: 1917