Mercury instructing Jupiter [graphic].

Published/Created:

[London]
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
published 5 August 1777

Physical Description:

1 print : mezzotint ; plate mark 15. 2 x 11.2 cm, on sheet 18 x 13 cm.

Notes:

Title from item.
Numbered in plate: 265.

Abstract:

A cherubic Mercury (left) and Jupiter (right) sit on a rock in a mountainous and tree-dotted landscape. Mercury holds his caduceus in his left arm and rests his foot on a small shield (?) while Jupiter seated on the ground to the right, holds his arm around the neck of a swan. On a shelf above Mercury's head a rooster looks down on the scene.

Associated Names:

Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793 [Publisher]

Topics:

Caduceus
Children
Jupiter (Roman deity)
Mercury (Roman deity)
Myths
Nudes
Roosters
Swans

Language:

English

Genre:

Mezzotints -- England -- London -- 1777

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html

Call Number:

777.08.05.01

Orbis Record:

6664640

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr04218

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10723124

PID:

digcoll:291660