Allegory of etching: a sphinx with the tail of a scorpion scratches an etching plate with her claws. Etching and letterpress by F. Rops, 1875.
- Rops, Félicien, 1833-1898.
- Date:
- 1875
- Reference:
- 3086022i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
"Unguibus et morsu" was a Latin phrase equivalent to "red in tooth and claw". But it means literally "with nails and bite", and is appropriate here because "bite" was a term used to describe the effect of acid on an etching plate
Publication/Creation
Bruxelles (rue de l'Industrie) : Félix Callewaert père, éditeur, 1875.
Physical description
1 print : etching (?) ; image 12 x 8.3 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Unguibus et morsu vives. Société internationale des aqua-fortistes
Letterpress on recto is printed in black and red. Letterpress on verso lists the members of the committee of the society. The president is John Savile Lumley-Savile, 2nd Baron Savile (1854-1931) and the director is Rops
References note
Théodore Hippert and Jean Théodore Joseph Linnig, Le peintre-graveur hollandais et belge du XIXme siècle, vol. 3, Brussels 1879, pp. 889-890, no. 115 ("La chimère de l'eau forte")
Catherine Méneux, La magie de l'encre: Félicien Rops et la Société internationale des aquafortistes (1869-1877). Exposition, Namur, Museé Félicien Rops, 7 octobre-3 décembre 2000, [Namur]: Pandora, 2000
Reference
Wellcome Collection 3086022i
Type/Technique
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores