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Perseus (Greek mythological character)

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  • Astrology: signs of the zodiac, Perseus with Medusa's head. Coloured engraving.
  • A sculpture of Perseus with the head of Medusa by Benvenuto Cellini. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Perseus slaying Medusa. Photographic postcard after L.-H. Marqueste, 191-.
  • Perseus rescuing Andromeda from a sea-monster. Engraving by L. Cars, 1728, after F. Lemoine.
  • Perseus slaying Medusa. Photographic postcard after L.-H. Marqueste, 191-.
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    Perseus slaying Medusa. Photographic postcard after L.-H. Marqueste, 191-.

    | Date: [between 1910 and 1919?] | Reference: 2045846i
    Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
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    Astrology: signs of the zodiac, Perseus with Medusa's head. Coloured engraving.

    | Reference: 46441i
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    Perseus with the head of Medusa turning into stone Polydectes and his army. Engraving by C. Alberti after Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1525.

    Polidoro, da Caravaggio, approximately 1495-approximately 1543. | Date: [between 1600 and 1609?] | Reference: 2475262i
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    Perseus rescuing Andromeda from a sea-monster. Etching after A. van Diepenbeeck.

    Diepenbeeck, Abraham van, 1596-1675. | Date: [between 1655 and 1733?] | Reference: 2917584i
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    Perseus rescuing Andromeda from a sea-monster. Engraving by L. Cars, 1728, after F. Lemoine.

    Le Moyne, François, 1688-1737. | Date: [1728] | Reference: 11712i
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