Series: Bell's Poets, Akenside Vol. II.

Title: Series: Bell's Poets, Akenside Vol. II.
Rights: The British Museum, London, UK. © The Trustees of the British Museum. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.
Creator: Jean Marie Delattre (1744-1843), after Thomas Stothard (1755-1834)
Date: 1782
Description: A woman steps toward Sappho, emerging from the left of the illustration, seemingly coming out of a cloud. She extends her left arm down toward Sappho, who kneels and looks up at her. Sappho holds a lyre down toward the floor in her lap with her left arm while her right hand slightly reaches toward the direction of the woman. The woman wears a robe-like dress with her left breast uncovered and her left leg emerging from the fabric. Sappho is in a dress with only portions of her arms and neck uncovered. This is contained in a circular frame with filler decorations, text, drawn fabric, and structures surrounding the frame.
Format: Etching and engraving on paper. 5.6 × 3.7 in.
Language: English
Publisher: The British Museum
Contributor: Shenai Beyale
Identifier: The British Museum. 1868,0822.3914.
Subject: Sappho; sapphic; lesbian; homosexuality; illustration; etching; engraving; lyre
Source: Jpg file. The British Museum. 11/9/2025. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0822-3914