The transformation of Arachne into a spider, from Ovid's "Metamorphoses"
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Metamorphoses
Artist: George Kearsley|Charles Dominique Joseph Eisen|Ovid|William Walker
Artist bio: London|French, Valenciennes 1720–1778 Brussels|Roman, Sulmo 43 BCE–17 CE Tomis, Moesia|British, Thirsk, North Yorkshire 1729–1793 London
Artist role: Publisher|Artist|Author|Engraver
Artist nationality: British|French|Roman|British
Date: 1775
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: Plate: 7 13/16 × 5 13/16 in. (19.9 × 14.8 cm)
Sheet: 10 13/16 × 8 1/8 in. (27.5 × 20.6 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
Accession year: 1917