[Ceres seated with a bull in her lap] [graphic].

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Title: [Ceres seated with a bull in her lap] [graphic].
Contributor: Spilsbury, Thomas, -1795, publisher.
Published / Created: [1786]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: T. Spilsbury
Abstract: Plate depicting a statue of Ceres at center (labeled "Fig. 1"), with several medals depicted below (labeled "Fig. 2" and "Fig. 3"). Ceres is represented seated, holding a cup in her left hand and various fruits in her right hand; a bull, the emblem of the power of the Creator, is in her lap. This ancient bronze statue was kept by Horace Walpole in the Gallery at Strawberry Hill
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Publication information from that of the volume in which the print was issued.
Plate from: Knight, R.P. An account of the remains of the worship of Priapus ... at Isernia ... in two letters ... London : Printed by T. Spilsbury, 1786.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"Plate VIII"--Upper right corner.
Mounted on page 119 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Provenance: Sabin; August 1927. Strawberry Hill sale, viii, 33. London, 1123. Later owned by William Knight.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 22.6 x 19 cm
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Book illustrations
Etchings England London 1786
Crayon manner prints England London 1786
Material: etching and crayon manner ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Ceres (Roman deity)
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Classical antiquities
Sculpture
Medals
Subjects: Ceres (Roman deity)
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Classical antiquities > Pictorial works
Sculpture
Medals
England > London > 1786
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Knight, William, -1847 > Ownership
Bull, Richard, 1725-1806 > Ownership
Curtis, Charles Constable, 1852-1936 > Ownership
Curtis, Edith Fanny Onslow, -1944 > Ownership

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