A cherubic Mercury (left) and Jupiter (right) sit on a rock in a mountainous and tree-dotted landscape. Mercury holds his caduceus in his left arm and rests his foot on a small shield (?) while Jupiter seated on the ground to the right, holds his arm ...
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Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Mercury (Roman deity) and Jupiter (Roman deity)
Subject (Topic):
Children, Caduceus, Roosters, Swans, Nudes, and Myths
"A gaily-dressed young woman sculling a naval officer who sits in the stern, holding his cane in the water and looking through a single eye-glass at a swan accompanied by a cygnet. A King Charles dog puts its paws on the edge of the boat and looks at ...
Alternative Title:
Admiral Purblind just run a-ground by Peggy Pullaway
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Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs
"Frontispiece to Joshua Kirby, Dr Brooke Taylor's Method of Perspective made easy; a rural scene with a number of absurdities caused by perspectival errors, for instance, an angler in the foreground catches a fish in the middle distance, an inn sign i...
Alternative Title:
Whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be liable to such absurdities as are shown in this frontispiece
"Frontispiece to Joshua Kirby, Dr Brooke Taylor's Method of Perspective made easy; a rural scene with a number of absurdities caused by perspectival errors, for instance, an angler in the foreground catches a fish in the middle distance, an inn sign i...
Alternative Title:
Whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be liable to such absurdities as are shown in this frontispiece
"Frontispiece to Joshua Kirby, Dr Brooke Taylor's Method of Perspective made easy; a rural scene with a number of absurdities caused by perspectival errors, for instance, an angler in the foreground catches a fish in the middle distance, an inn sign i...
Alternative Title:
Whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be liable to such absurdities as are shown in this frontispiece
"Frontispiece to Joshua Kirby, Dr Brooke Taylor's Method of Perspective made easy; a rural scene with a number of absurdities caused by perspectival errors, for instance, an angler in the foreground catches a fish in the middle distance, an inn sign i...
Alternative Title:
Whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be liable to such absurdities as are shown in this frontispiece
