The Goddess of Discord in the Garden of the Hesperides, from "lllustrated London News"

Henry Linton|Edmond Morin|Joseph Mallord William Turner

January 31, 1857 · Wood engraving · Drawings and Prints

This wood engraving reproduces a painting of 1806 by J.M.W. Turner, now at Tate Britain. The Goddess of Discord has entered the Garden of the Hesperides (in Greek myth, the Hesperides were daughters of the Evening Star Herperus, and lived at the western edge of the world, guarding golden fruits that grant immortality). In this image, a nymph gives apples to a cloaked figure who will use their powers for ill (one is later given to Paris, who awards it to Aphrodite and precipitates the Trojan War). A guardian dragon lying on a distant cliff has failed to alert the nymphs to the danger.

Artist

Henry Linton|Edmond Morin|Joseph Mallord William Turner

Date

January 31, 1857

Medium

Wood engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Donato Esposito, 2015