[Ceres seated with a bull in her lap] [graphic].
- Copyright Date:
- [1786]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching and crayon manner on wove paper ; sheet 22.6 x 18.7 cm
- Notes:
- "Plate VIII"--Upper right corner.
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.
Publication information from that of the volume in which the print was issued.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title devised by cataloger. - Abstract:
- 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.
- Topics:
- Classical antiquities--Pictorial works.
Medals.
Sculpture. - Topics:
- Ceres--(Roman deity)
Knight, William,---1847--Ownership.
Spilsbury, Thomas, -1795, publisher.
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)--Art collections.
Walpole, Horace,--1717-1797--Ownership.
Walpole, Horace--1717-1797--Art collections. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Book illustrations.
Crayon manner prints--England--London--1786.
Etchings--England--London--1786. - 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:
- Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
- Orbis Record:
- 13229473
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr16301
- OID:
- 16193155
- PID:
- digcoll:4047035
