A dog looks on as a man and a woman smell a flower; representing the sense of smell. Engraving.

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27159i
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Given the dog's powerful sense of smell, the dog shown here may more than just a pet of the humans represented

Physical description

1 print : line engraving ; image 20.7 x 24.2 cm

Lettering

Excipit auditum olfactus, quo haurimus odores/ Fragrantesque gravesque. Locus gratissimus ille est ... Lettering continues: "Naribus, ambrosios flores qui nutrit, at illi/ Fel sub odore suo fallaci sape recondunt."

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Wellcome Collection 27159i

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