Harry Bates, A.R.A., central panel of The Story of Psyche. (entire triptych) Silvered bronze relief: Side panels: 13 x 9 1/3 inches. (color photograph): 13 x 29 1/2 inches. Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. According to Robert Freidus, the title of this panel is Psyche Being Bourne Away” by Zephyr.
As Robert Bowman points out, this triptych "exemplifies the eclecticism of sculptural practice of the 1880s and [Bates's] shared influences with the Pre-Raphaelite and Aesthetic artists such as Burne-Jones, Rossetti, Moore, and Solomon. The subject of the work is the abduction of Psyche from her desolate mountaintop” by the god of the west wind, Zephyrus, whilst she is lulled into a deep sleep" (7).
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Bibliography
Beattie, Susan. The New Sculpture. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1983. pl 147.
Bowman, Robert. Sir Alfred Gilbert and the New Sculpture. London: The Fine Art Society, 2008. Pp. 6-7.
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