Eurydice Collection

Scene of the capsizing of HMS Eurydice, Isle of Wight
Scene of the capsizing of HMS The Eurydice just opposite Shanklin, Isle of Wight, 24 March 1878. Date: 1878

EURYDICE SINKS
Royal Navy training frigate, returning from Bermuda, sinks in a storm off the Isle of Wight, losing some 300 lives : later she will be recovered, but the dead stay dead. Date: 24 March 1878

ORPHEUS AND BACCHANTES
After the death of Eurydice, he goes off women, and they off him : when he meets a group of Maenads celebrating Dionysos, they tear him to pieces like wild animals

ARISTAEUS & EURYDICE
Aristaeus takes a fancy to Eurydice : fleeing his unwelcome attentions, she treads on a snake which bites her fatally : she dies, and Aristaeus is punished Date:

ORPHEUS POSTCARD 2 OF 5
The story of Orpheus and Eurydice performed by actors for a set of postcards : 2 - she dies : he is sad Date: 1914

Art Deco drawing by John Vassos called Orpheus and Eurydice, 1930 Date: 1930

GLUCK / ORPHEE, PARIS
Delna as Orfeo at the Opera- Comique, Paris, is appalled at the loss of Eurydice : originally sung by a castrato, the role of Orfeo is generally now taken by a female singer

Orpheus and Cerberus
With his music Orpheus charms Cerberus, the guardian of the underworld, to let him enter and rescue his wife Eurydice, whom he almost succeeds in bringing back to life

DUGHET, Gaspard (1615-1675). Orpheus and Eurydice. 1648. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. ITALY. Rome. Galleria Nazionale d Arte Antica (National Gallery of Ancient Art)

Orpheus Loses Her
Orpheus almost succeeds in rescuing his wife Eurydice from the Underworld, but at the last minute he looks back, which is the one thing he has been told he must not do

Orpheus Charms Animals
Orpheus enchants the animals and trees with his music

Orpheus Rescues Eurydice
Orpheus tries to rescue his wife Eurydice from the Underworld, but he mustn t look back as they go : at the last minute he turns to check shes still there... alas !

Gluck / Orphee, Brussels
Madame Dratz-Barrat as Eurydice : since this is a Belgian card, she presumably took part in a production at Brussels

Orpheus Postcard 5 of 5
The story of Orpheus and Eurydice performed by actors for a set of postcards : 5 - he looks back - and all is lost !

Orpheus Postcard 4 of 5
The story of Orpheus and Eurydice performed by actors for a set of postcards : 4 - he leads her out of the underworld

Orpheus Postcard 3 of 5
The story of Orpheus and Eurydice performed by actors for a set of postcards : 3 - he goes to the underworld to find her

Orpheus Postcard 1 of 5
The story of Orpheus and Eurydice performed by actors for a set of postcards : 1 - he plays delightfully

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