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Object Type
Museum number: 1868,1212.136
Description: Hebe and the eagle; the woman sitting on the right with her hair dressed up in a scarf, pouring liquid from a small jug into a scallop shell, for Jupiter in the form of an eagle, which stands on a table beside her; trees and rocks behind. 1770 Etching
Producer name
School/style: Swiss; British
Production date: 1770
Materials
Technique: etching; aquatint
Dimensions: Height: 210 millimetres; Width: 164 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Andresen has the state without '1770' as the first and that with it as the second. However, the date does not appear in Boydell's republication and it is more probable that the state without date is an intermediate one, after it was erased but before publication line. For information on Kauffman's printmaking, see 1993,0620.24.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: classical mythology; classical deity
Associated names: Representation of: Hebe; Representation of: Zeus/Jupiter
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1868
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1868,1212.136

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