Perseus
Date1902
Artist
Bertha Corson Day
American painter and illustrator, 1875–1968
Illustration Citation"Perseus," in Where the Wind Blows, by Katharine Pyle (New York: R.H. Russell, 1902)
MediumGouache, watercolor, ink, and crayon on illustration board
Dimensionscomposition: 19 × 12 9/16 in. (48.3 × 31.9 cm)
sheet: 23 11/16 × 18 in. (60.2 × 45.7 cm)
sheet: 23 11/16 × 18 in. (60.2 × 45.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. J. Marshall Cole, 1988
Object number1988-185
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextOn his way home from his quest to bring back the head of Medusa, Perseus uses the Gorgon's head to rescue the Ethiopian princess Andromeda from a sea dragon.
