Mercury instructing Jupiter [graphic].

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Title: Mercury instructing Jupiter [graphic].
Contributor: Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
Published / Created: published 5 August 1777.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Abstract: 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 around the neck of a swan. On a shelf above Mercury's head a rooster looks down on the scene
Description: Title from item.
Numbered in plate: 265.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 15. 2 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 18 x 13 cm.
Language: English

Genre: Mezzotints England London 1777
Material: mezzotint ;
Subject (Name): Mercury (Roman deity)
Jupiter (Roman deity)
Subject (Topic): Children
Caduceus
Roosters
Swans
Nudes
Myths
Subjects: Mercury (Roman deity)
Jupiter (Roman deity)
Children
Caduceus
Roosters
Swans
Nudes
Myths
England > London > 1777

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