Series[UMA-SRE-20140045] MAJOR WORKSAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2014004500429Scope and ContentImages of sculptures and paintings, some unidentified, depicting the death of Leander, in Greek mythology the youth drowned in the Hellespont as he swam to be with his lover Hero. Artworks are by artists and sculptors including Ford Madox Ford, Gericault, Nicolas Regnier, Francesco Pozzi, Jean-Joseph Taillasson. Images are in formats of black and white photocopies and print outs of web pages. The folder includes information about the artists and artworks and the legend of Hero and Leander, some pages in French. Some sheets have annotations by GG. The folder also contains laser print typescript of two drafts: Chapter XII Classic Boys: Leander (p.20-21) on buff paper with annotations by GG; Chapter XII Classic Boys (p.20-21). Subjects: The Boy; The Beautiful Boy; Masculine beauty (Aesthetics); Young men in art; Mythology in art; Death in artAccess StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2014.0045 Unit 0038
Greer, Germaine, The Boy - Leander (c.2001-c.2002), [UMA-ITE-2014004500429]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 19/03/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/344399
