A vestal of -93 trying on the cestus of Venus engrav'd from a basso-relievo, lately found upon some fragments of antiquity. [graphic]Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker[29 April 1793]engA design resembling a high-relief depicts three amoretti attending the toilet of an old hag. The cestus of Venus is a huge pad which one of the attendants ties round the old woman's waist as another attendant holds up a mirror. A third cupid ties the girdle as the arrows fall from the quiver on his back. Behind him, the altar of Venus has tipped over, the fire still burning. A copy of Ovid's Art of love protrudes from the old woman's pocketTitle from text below image.Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Three lines of verse below title: Upon her fragrant breast the zone was brac'd ...Subtitle transposed from below lines of verse.Later state, with corrections to plate. Cf. No. 8389 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.1 print : etching with stipple engraving and aquatint ; sheet 31 x 37.5 cm (trimmed to plate mark).Printed on wove paper, hand-colored. With pencil annotation above title identifying the figure as "Lady Cecilia Johnston".