Andromeda
William Morris (Walthamstow 1834 - Hammersmith 1896)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1860
Materials
Pencil on paper
Measurements
110 x 80 mm
Order this imageCollection
Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 1288026
Summary
Pencil drawing on paper, Andromeda by William Morris (Walthamstow 1834 - Hammersmith 1896). A naked female figure, with hands above head, handcuffed to the wall. Large cream card mount. According to the Roman poet Ovid's Metamorphoses (4:665-739), Andromeda, an Ethopian princess, daughter of Cepheus and his wife Cassiopeia, was left as a sacrifice to appease Poseidon/Neptune (god of the sea) because her mother had boasted she was more beautiful then the Nereids. She was rescued from a sea monster by Perseus, whom she then married.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust on the death of Rosalie Glynn Grylls, Lady Mander (1905 - 1988)
Marks and inscriptions
By William Morris (written in pencil on reverse)
Makers and roles
William Morris (Walthamstow 1834 - Hammersmith 1896), artist