Orpheus looking back at Eurydice
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Title
Orpheus looking back at Eurydice
Collection
Wonders: Images of the Ancient World
Mythology -- Orpheus
Date / Origin
Date Created: unknown
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Subjects
Orpheus (Greek mythology)
Lyres
Mythology, Greek
Eurydice (Greek mythology)
Genres
Notes
Content: Orpheus looks back at Eurydice before she has fully emerged from the dark and thereby again loses her to the Underworld.
Content: Source information not available. Lettered on image: "Rambler". Image is probably from an edition of Samuel Johnson's work of that title.
Physical Description
Etchings
Stipple engravings
Extent: 13.5 x 8.2 cm
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 13936810-c5bf-012f-a80e-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Orpheus looking back at Eurydice" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/13936810-c5bf-012f-a80e-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. Orpheus looking back at Eurydice Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/13936810-c5bf-012f-a80e-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Orpheus looking back at Eurydice" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/13936810-c5bf-012f-a80e-58d385a7bc34
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