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Mermen

Images

  • Two sleeping water creatures, similar to mermaids. Etching by J.H. Mortimer, 177-.
  • Neptune and Amphitrite sit on a scallop shell chariot amidst the waves, surrounded by nereids and tritons; representing the element water. Engraving by L. Desplaces, 1718, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.
  • Galatea riding a scallop shell chariot over the seas accompanied by Neptune, nymphs and cherubs, symbolising the element water. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.
  • [Leaflet advertising an appearance of a real mermaid and merman (caught off Terra del Fuego). Location not disclosed but printed in Lambeth (Phoenix Printing Office)].
  • A merman, by the sea. Woodcut.
  • Venus riding a scallop shell chariot over the seas accompanied by Neptune, nymphs and cherubs, symbolising the element water. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
  • Various goddesses and a centaur celebrate the birth of Louis XV in a flourish of splendid abundance. Etching by J. Daullé after F. Boucher, 17--.
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Catalogue

    • Pictures

    Edward Adamson as a merman, and two heads. Drawing by M. Birch, ca. 1971.

    Birch, Martin, active approximately 1968-1973. | Date: [ca. 1971] | Reference: 2851754i
    Part of: Adamson Collection
  • view A merman, by the sea. Woodcut.
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A merman, by the sea. Woodcut.

    | Reference: 3326i
    • Pictures

    Two sleeping water creatures, similar to mermaids. Etching by J.H. Mortimer, 177-.

    Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740-1779. | Date: 25 January 1780 | Reference: 3097i
  • view [Leaflet advertising an appearance of a real mermaid and merman (caught off Terra del Fuego). Location not disclosed but printed in Lambeth (Phoenix Printing Office)].
    • Ephemera
    • Online

    [Leaflet advertising an appearance of a real mermaid and merman (caught off Terra del Fuego). Location not disclosed but printed in Lambeth (Phoenix Printing Office)].

    | Date: 1887
    • Pictures

    The triumph of Galatea. Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1693, after Raphael.

    Raphael, 1483-1520. | Date: Anno 1693 | Reference: 2853400i
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