Title supplied by curator., Date derived from printer's date of death., Place of publication derived from printer's nationality., Trimmed within plate mark., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Anatomy in Art.
Publisher:
Phls. Galle excudit
Subject (Name):
Marsyas (Satyr). and Apollo (Deity).
Subject (Topic):
Flaying (Torture) in art, Human anatomy, Mythology, Greek, Gods, Violins, Panpipes, Knives, and Skin
Opposite page 128. Catalogue of engravers, who have been born or resided in England.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A sea monster lounges on the reed-covered shore next to the ocean, playing a pan flute. A second figure sleeps in the background on the left, the remnants of a meal (oyster shells and fish bones) in front of them
Alternative Title:
After-dinner music
Description:
Title from that of another print after the same design., Another version, probably a copy, of a print engraved and published by John Hamilton Mortimer after his own design. For the likely earlier version published 8 December 1778 with the title "Musical monster", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1871,0812.3297., Former attribution to Bernard Lens from local card catalog record. Lewis Walpole Library impression is mounted in a volume opposite biographical information about Bernard Lens., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 23 x 18 cm., and Bound in opposite page 128 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Catalogue of engravers, who have been born or resided in England. Strawberry-Hill, printed in the year MDCCLXV [1765].
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Supernatural beings, Panpipes, Reeds (Plants), Eating & drinking, and Sleeping
