Nine

Etching with aquatint, hand applied gold leaf. 30cm diameter. Framed 45 x 45cm. 

Bespoke hand-painted wooden frame and board with UV 70% anti reflective glass.

The nine muses of classical mythology and their titan mother Mnemosyne (memory): Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Polyhymnia (hymn), Euterpe (flute), Terpsichore (light verse and dance), Erato (lyric choral poetry), Melpomene (tragedy), Thalia (comedy), Urania (astronomy, astrology, and space).

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“A little learning is a dangerous thing, drink deep or taste not, the Pierian spring.” -A Little Learning by Alexander Pope