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Musidora, The Bather 'At the Doubtful Breeze Alarmed'

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Musidora, The Bather 'At the Doubtful Breeze Alarmed'

c. 1844

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The story

From James Thomson's poem Summer, where a young man comes upon a woman bathing and is torn between looking and looking away. It was one of the few accepted excuses for a nude in Etty's England, and he painted it four times.

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Object details

Title: Musidora, The Bather 'At the Doubtful Breeze Alarmed'
Artist: William Etty
Date: c. 1844
Culture: British
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Tate Britain, London
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0232
Original image: 1167 × 1536 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

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William Etty. Musidora, The Bather 'At the Doubtful Breeze Alarmed'. c. 1844. Tate Britain, London. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0232/

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