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Creator:: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:: [March 1724]
Call Number:: Kinnaird 73K(a) Box 110
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Frontispiece to Charles Gildon's The new metamorphosis (London : Sam. Briscoe, 1724) shows Apuleius on the left and Lucian on the right each with an ass with the modern adaptor in the middle. Below the figures of Apuleius and Lucien are two satyrs; between them is a scene in front of church with couples embracing and kissing; a man and a woman stand on either side of a boy chastising him (?).On the base is etched "Credo pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris", an allusion to the satire on women
Alternative Title:: Credo pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris
Description:: Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., "Vol. 1. p.1"--Lower left corner, 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.
Publisher:: Sam. Briscoe
Subject (Name):: Apuleius.
Subject (Topic):: Illustrations, Satyrs (Greek mythology), Authors, Children, and Couples
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The new metamorphosis. Frontispiece] [graphic]

Creator:: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:: [March 1724]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Frontispiece to Charles Gildon's The new metamorphosis (London : Sam. Briscoe, 1724) shows Apuleius on the left and Lucian on the right each with an ass with the modern adaptor in the middle. Below the figures of Apuleius and Lucien are two satyrs; between them is a scene in front of church with couples embracing and kissing; a man and a woman stand on either side of a boy chastising him (?).On the base is etched "Credo pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris", an allusion to the satire on women
Alternative Title:: Credo pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris
Description:: Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., "Vol. 1. p.1"--Lower left corner, 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., and On page 21 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 14.1 x 7.7 cm.
Publisher:: Sam. Briscoe
Subject (Name):: Apuleius.
Subject (Topic):: Illustrations, Satyrs (Greek mythology), Authors, Children, and Couples
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The new metamorphosis. Frontispiece] [graphic]