Subject (Name): Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817 / Subject (Topic): Cupids

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Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [29 April 1793]
Call Number:: 793.04.29.01.2+ Impression 2
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A 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 ...
Alternative Title:: Vestal of 1793 trying on the cestus of Venus
Description:: Title from text below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. April 29th 1793 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817
Subject (Topic):: Cupids and Grooming
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A vestal of -93 trying on the cestus of Venus engrav'd from a basso-relievo, lately found upon some fragments of antiquity. [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [29 April 1793]
Call Number:: 793.04.29.01.2+ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A 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 ...
Alternative Title:: Vestal of 1793 trying on the cestus of Venus
Description:: Title from text below image.
Publisher:: Pubd. April 29th 1793 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):: Johnston, Henrietta Cecilia, Lady, 1727-1817
Subject (Topic):: Cupids and Grooming
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > A vestal of -93 trying on the cestus of Venus engrav'd from a basso-relievo, lately found upon some fragments of antiquity. [graphic]