Temptation of St. Antony [art original]Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist[approximately 1755]engSt. Anthony in a cave kneels in prayer, above him visions of a hare pursued by hounds and hunters. Surrounding him in the cave are a group of men and women either in the process of tempting him or preparing to torture him; a rooster crows in front of him as a frog holds a candleTitle from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on the mount, below the drawing.Date from correspondence between Walpole and Bentley, 15 August 1755. See Yale edition of Horace Walpole's correspondence, v. 35, p. 242-3.Signed by Bentley with his monogram in lower left of image.Formerly mounted on leaf 9 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].