Nine

Dara Annett, art shop Verified independent store

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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 cla ssical 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). Text reads: “A little learning is a dangerous thing, drink deep or taste not, the Pierian spring.” -A Little Learning by Alexander Pope Show more