print;
frontispiece
- Museum number
- 1859,0312.70
- Title
- Object: Moschus.
- Description
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Frontispiece to 'Idyllium I' by Moschus, entitled 'The Stray Cupid', in 'Greek and Roman Poets' (London: 1810, Vol VII, p.160), from Suttaby's edition of 'Classical Authors'; Venus seated to left on a garden bench, holding a book; Cupid taking off into the air at right, dropping his bow and arrow; after Richard Cook. 1810
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1810
- Dimensions
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Height: 190 millimetres
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Width: 120 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Mounted with two preparatory drawings by Cook: see 1882,0311.345 and 346. See 1868,0822.3633 and 1868,0822.3634 for proofs before letters.
See 1864,1210.200 for comment.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Greek and Roman Poets
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Associated Title: Idyllium I
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Associated Title: The Stray Cupid
- Acquisition date
- 1859
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1859,0312.70
