Psyche Throwing Herself into the River
1866
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
1866
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
A young woman stands in a river, her long hair swirling in the water as she sobs. The scene feels still, like a held breath. This print was meant to illustrate a book of myths retold by William Morris. He and his friend Edward Burne-Jones worked on 24 stories, but only this one was ever finished. The project fell apart when they couldn’t find a publisher. To see more of Morris’s designs, look up *William Morris (British, 1834–1896)*.
