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Hymen and Cupid
Hymen and Cupid
Public domain: Image courtesy of the Worcester Art Museum.

Hymen and Cupid

Artist/Culture (British, 1697–1764)
Date1748
Mediumetching and engraving on cream wove paper
Dimensions18.4 x 20.9 cm (plate)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Richard Ward Greene
Object number1913.95.90
DescriptionPrinted on the same page with 1913.95.89 and 1913.91, from John Nichols, ed., The works of William Hogarth: from the original plates restored by James Heath: with the addition of many subjects not before collected, to which is prefixed a biographical essay on the genius and productions of Hogarth, and explanations of the subjects of the plates, Printed for Baldwin, Craddock and Joy, 1821-22; the volume disbound in WAM collection.

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