Daedalus pushes his nephew Perdix off the top of a tower: as he falls, Perdix is transformed by Minerva into a partridge. Engraving by W. Walker after C. Eisen.

  • Eisen, Charles, 1720-1778.
Date:
[between 1770 and 1779?]
Reference:
3020406i
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Description

Ovid. Metamorphoses VIII, 250-259

Publication/Creation

[London] (No. 46 Fleet Street) : Published by G. Kearsly, [between 1770 and 1779?]

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching ; platemark 20.8 x 14.8 cm

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Lettering

Perdix, the nephew of Daedalus, transformed into a partridge. C. Eisen del. W. Walker sc.

Creator/production credits

Designed by Eisen to illustrate an edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses, 1767-1771

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3020406i

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