IDENTIFIERS
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id:	240083
accession number:	P.15021-R

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Thursday 9 January 2020
updated:	Tuesday 25 February 2020

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: After the portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1771; exh. R.A. 1772, no. 205 as 'A Portrait of a Young Lady in the Character of Hebe'; Mannings, 1247; National Trust, Ascott). Mary Meyer was the daughter of Jeremiah Meyer (1735-89), miniature painter and founder member of the Royal Academy. As Hebe, who, in Greek mythology, is the daughter of Zeus, the goddess of youth and cup-bearer to the gods. Seen full-length standing in the clouds, barefoot and wearing classical drapery which billows around her. Facing away and looking back towards the viewer over her right shoulder. She holds a cup in front of her. An eagle, representing her father, Zeus, perches beside her to the right.
title:	print

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
creditline: Bequeathed by Charles Brinsley Marlay, 1912

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/240083





TECHNIQUES
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mezzotint

CATEGORIES
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category: print

DATING
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creation date:	1780 - 1780
creation date earliest:	1780
creation date latest:	1780
culture:	18th Century#

CREATORS
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maker: Jacobé, Johann
maker: Boydell, John
maker: Reynolds, Joshua