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  • Cretan (Minoan) Priestess or Serpent Goddess
  • Mexico: (above) a bust of an Aztec priestess or divinity, belonging to Mr. Dupé in Mexico; (below) an Aztec statuette of basalt deposited by Humboldt in Berlin. Coloured aquatint by G. Gallina ca. 1820.
  • A satyr on a pedestal kicks out at a magician while a priestess attempts to insert a clyster-pipe; depicting a play called 'The Golden Rump' representing King George II with his wife and Sir Robert Walpole. Engraving, 1737.
  • Buste d'une Pretesse Azteque
  • Harpies try to keep open the doors of the temple of Janus, but they are clubbed by Hercules. Coloured mezzotint by A. Blooteling after G. de Lairesse.
  • Harpies try to keep open the doors of the temple of Janus, but they are clubbed by Hercules. Mezzotint by A. Blooteling after G. Lairesse.
  • Seven ancient utensils reconstructed from bas-reliefs etc. Etching by L. Roccheggiani, ca. 1811.