Title

The Empty Joy That Dwells In the Dreams of the Night, 1880. Artist: Flaxman.

Caption

The Empty Joy That Dwells In the Dreams of the Night, 1880. The Oneiroi were the dark-winged spirits (daimones) of dreams which emerged each night like a flock of bats from their cavernous home in Erebos--the land of eternal darkness beyond the rising sun. From Stories from the Greek Tragedies by the Rev. Alfred J. Church, M.A. [Seeley, Jackson, & Halliday, London, 1880]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1880

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D06_007

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

88,3Mb (2,7Mb) / 21,8in x 15,7in / 6543 x 4718 (300dpi)

Keywords

female women woman people male man men arts country naked nude book guy sleep sleeping British bed bedroom room color colour joy empty Classical Greek Greece location century Britain joyful story asleep image literature studio shot lady concept mythology TRAGEDY nudity nakedness joyous 19th century black background Greek mythology nineteenth century The Print Collector bedchamber portrait Alfred J Seeley Halliday Seeley bed chamber Church Stories from the Greek Tragedies Flaxman Jackson & Halliday Robert Benton Seeley Rev Alfred J Church Oneiroi Seeley Jackson & Halliday Rev Alfred J Church portrait