Eve combined with a mermaid; a griffon combined with an eagle holding an infant between its claws; a purse combined with a heart; a skeleton holding an hourglass and an arrow. Engraving, ca. 1757.

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[1767?]
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573242i
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Eve combined with a mermaid; a griffon combined with an eagle holding an infant between its claws; a purse combined with a heart; a skeleton holding an hourglass and an arrow. Engraving, ca. 1757. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A "flap-book" print, divided into an upper and lower half, either of which could be folded back or forwards: Reid-Walsh, op. cit.

Publication/Creation

[London?] : [Robert Sayer?], [1767?]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; platemark 16.6 x 31.2 cm

Lettering

Mother of all behold fair Eve ... For Death has struck him thro' the heart. Extensive lettering

References note

Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, 'Eighteenth-century flap books for children: allegorical metamorphosis and spectacular transformation', Princeton University Library chronicle, 2007, vol. 68, pp. 751-790

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Wellcome Collection 573242i

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