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  • 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.
  • The education of King Louis XV: Venus hands him over to a centaur for education in manly ways. Etching by L. Cars, ca. 1757, after F. Boucher.