Hymen is kneeling before Fortune, who is balancing blindfolded on a wheel, presenting her with two hearts joined together by his arrow; representing the request for a good marriage. Coloured lithograph.

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Hymen is kneeling before Fortune, who is balancing blindfolded on a wheel, presenting her with two hearts joined together by his arrow; representing the request for a good marriage. Coloured lithograph. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 15.1 x 11.7 cm

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Hymen praying to Fortune to bestow riches on two hearts which he has link'd together in marriage.

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Wellcome Collection 39002i

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