Ivan Stepanovych Mazeppa tied naked to a horse and pursued by wolves. Mezzotint by J.G.S. Lucas, 1831, after H. Vernet.
- Vernet, Horace, 1789-1863.
- Date:
- October 1831
- Reference:
- 3162909i
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About this work
Description
The Ukrainian leader Ivan Stepanovych Mazeppa was reputed to have been tied naked to a wild horse as a punishment for an affair with a Polish countess while a courtier of King John II Casimir of Poland: the episode appeared in Byron's poem Mazeppa, which was source of the verses on the present mezzotint
Publication/Creation
London (24, Cornhill) : Published by F.G. Harding ; [London] (147, Strand) : & J. McCormick, October 1831 ([London] : Printed by Lahee)
Physical description
1 print : mezzotint, with etching ; platemark 38.1 x 46.7 cm
Lettering
Mazeppa. We rustled through the leaves like wind, / Left shrubs, and trees, and wolves behind; … / Where'er we flew they follow'd on, / Nor left us with the morning sun. / Methought the dash of waves was nigh; / There was a gleam too of the sky, / … it is no dream; / The wild horse swims the wilder stream. Painted by Horace Vernet. Engraved by Jas. G.S. Lucas.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 3162909i
Reproduction note
After: a painting by Horace Vernet, 1826, in the Musée Calvet, Avignon, possibly via a painted copy by John Frederick Herring (Tate, London)
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