[Ceres seated with a bull in her lap] [graphic].
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16729742
Description
- 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
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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
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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 151 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. 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 13.
1 print : etching and crayon manner on wove paper ; sheet 22.5 x 18.5 cm.
For further information, consult library staff. - Provenance
- Mrs. Curtis, of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire; August 1937. Sold at Sotheby's 29 April-1 May 1880 (Bull sale), lot 886, to Ellis, £110. Offered by Ellis & White in Catalogue 46, ca. 1881 for £210. Sold at Sotheby's 15(16) June 1920?, lot 243 to Lynch, (C. Constable Curtis of Langford Hall, Newark, Nottinghamshire), £255.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 22.6 x 19 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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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)
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Ceres (Roman deity)
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) - Subject (Topic)
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Classical antiquities
Sculpture
Medals - Subjects
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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
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13229473
- Object ID (OID)
- 16729742
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