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1775
GUSN-17285
Engraving w/ hand-painted water color. Under image: "The Ball at the Mansion House. April XVII.MDCCLXXV/ The Right Hon. John Wilkes, Lord Mayor" Figure of a woman in classical dress. She is represented as mythological goddess holding symbol of medicine, and is surrounded by five putti.
engravings (prints)
paper (fiber product)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Classical
mythology (literary genre)
putti (motifs)
Unidentified Paper
Mythology
Classical Figure
Putti
PICTURE, ALLEGORY
1944.45 A
Bartolozzi, F. (Maker)
Possibly Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785 (Maker)
12 x 14.25 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of William Sumner Appleton
1944.45
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