Perseus and Andromeda

Details

William De Morgan (1839-1917)
Perseus and Andromeda
pencil and red chalk
11½ x 11¼ in. (29.3 x 28.7 cm.)

Provenance

Mrs P.M. Burt, a descendant of the artist.
with Christopher Wood, London, from whom acquired by the present owner in 1977.

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Lot Essay

William De Morgan was both a painter in the Pre-Raphaelite manner and a designer of stained glass, pottery, tiles and ceramics, renowned for his work for Morris and Co..

Andromeda was sentenced by Poseidon to be sacrificed to a sea monster. Perseus used the head of Medusa to turn the monster to stone, and cut Andromeda free from the rock to which she had been chained.

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