A night scene in which Camilla is abducted by four bandits on horseback, as described by Apuleius. Three women stand in a doorway in the foreground at the right, in various poses showing their sense of alarm and distress
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Title, printmaker, and imprint from Paulson., "Vol: I P: 113"--Lower left, below image., One of seven illustrations engraved for a modernized edition of Apuleius's The golden ass: Gildon, C. New metamorphosis. London : Printed for Sam. Briscoe at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hill, 1724., A reversed copy of a print in the 1708 edition, with some changes. See Paulson., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
A night scene in which Camilla is abducted by four bandits on horseback, as described by Apuleius. Three women stand in a doorway in the foreground at the right, in various poses showing their sense of alarm and distress
Description:
Title, printmaker, and imprint from Paulson., "Vol: I P: 113"--Lower left, below image., One of seven illustrations engraved for a modernized edition of Apuleius's The golden ass: Gildon, C. New metamorphosis. London : Printed for Sam. Briscoe at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hill, 1724., A reversed copy of a print in the 1708 edition, with some changes. See Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., On page 21 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 14 x 7.6 cm., and Date given in Steevens's hand: 1724. With other notes by Steevens that apply to the group of seven other illustrations mounted on same sheet.
Fantasio is being released by the hunchbacked witch Invidiosa from the chest in which he has been hiding; a young man holds the boy's shoulders. The scene is set in a ramshackle room with broom and bundle of twigs in the foreground, fire behind. The scene just before the witch lures Fantasio to her bed and changes into a beauty
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Title and imprint from Paulson., "Vol: I P: 155"--Lower left, below image., One of seven illustrations engraved for a modernized edition of Apuleius's The golden ass: Gildon, C. New metamorphosis. London : Printed for Sam. Briscoe at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hill, 1724., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Fantasio is being released by the hunchbacked witch Invidiosa from the chest in which he has been hiding; a young man holds the boy's shoulders. The scene is set in a ramshackle room with broom and bundle of twigs in the foreground, fire behind. The scene just before the witch lures Fantasio to her bed and changes into a beauty
Description:
Title and imprint from Paulson., "Vol: I P: 155"--Lower left, below image., One of seven illustrations engraved for a modernized edition of Apuleius's The golden ass: Gildon, C. New metamorphosis. London : Printed for Sam. Briscoe at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hill, 1724., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., On page 21 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 14 x 7.6 cm., and Date given in Steevens's hand: 1724. With other notes by Steevens that apply to the group of seven other illustrations mounted on same sheet.
A scene in Donna Theresa's bedchamber: Fantasio transformed by witchcraft into a lap-dog is being petted in the arms of Donna Theresa, who sits on her canpoied bed. The Provincial stands to her right as he addresses her
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Title and imprint from Paulson., Paulson notes that Hogarth omits "invt." from his signature suggesting perhaps that this print too is a copy., "V: II : P: 1"--Lower left, below image., One of seven illustrations engraved for a modernized edition of Apuleius's The golden ass: Gildon, C. New metamorphosis. London : Printed for Sam. Briscoe at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hill, 1724., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
A scene in Donna Theresa's bedchamber: Fantasio transformed by witchcraft into a lap-dog is being petted in the arms of Donna Theresa, who sits on her canpoied bed. The Provincial stands to her right as he addresses her
Description:
Title and imprint from Paulson., Paulson notes that Hogarth omits "invt." from his signature suggesting perhaps that this print too is a copy., "V: II : P: 1"--Lower left, below image., One of seven illustrations engraved for a modernized edition of Apuleius's The golden ass: Gildon, C. New metamorphosis. London : Printed for Sam. Briscoe at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hill, 1724., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., On page 21 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 14.3 x 7.8 cm., and Date given in Steevens's hand: 1724. With other notes by Steevens that apply to the group of seven other illustrations mounted on same sheet.
Illustration of the story of Cupid and Psyche; in a bedchamber at night, Psyche holding up a lamp, is startled to discover Cupid lying on the bed
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Title and imprint from Paulson., "V: II. p: 29"--Lower left, below image., One of seven illustrations engraved for a modernized edition of Apuleius's The golden ass: Gildon, C. New metamorphosis. London : Printed for Sam. Briscoe at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hill, 1724., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Illustration of the story of Cupid and Psyche; in a bedchamber at night, Psyche holding up a lamp, is startled to discover Cupid lying on the bed
Description:
Title and imprint from Paulson., "V: II. p: 29"--Lower left, below image., One of seven illustrations engraved for a modernized edition of Apuleius's The golden ass: Gildon, C. New metamorphosis. London : Printed for Sam. Briscoe at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hill, 1724., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., On page 21 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 14.5 x 7.4 cm., and Date given in Steevens's hand: 1724. With other notes by Steevens that apply to the group of seven other illustrations mounted on same sheet.
The cardinal is talking to a hermit outside his hut in the mountains. Fantasio (as a lap-dog) is in the arms of Donna Angela
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Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., "V: II. P: 100"--Lower left, below image., One of seven illustrations engraved for a modernized edition of Apuleius's The golden ass: Gildon, C. New metamorphosis. London : Printed for Sam. Briscoe at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hill, 1724., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
The cardinal is talking to a hermit outside his hut in the mountains. Fantasio (as a lap-dog) is in the arms of Donna Angela
Description:
Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., "V: II. P: 100"--Lower left, below image., One of seven illustrations engraved for a modernized edition of Apuleius's The golden ass: Gildon, C. New metamorphosis. London : Printed for Sam. Briscoe at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hill, 1724., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., On page 21 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 14 x 7.6 cm., and Date given in Steevens's hand: 1724. With other notes by Steevens that apply to the group of seven other illustrations mounted on same sheet.