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Adamson Collection

1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 45.8 x 55.4 cm

A man dressed as a satyr. Watercolour by Mary Lorraine, [1968?].

A fantasy border includes drapes, swags, and the arbour itself

1 print : lithograph ; image 37.5 x 25.5 cm

An arbour, in which satyrs are raping nymphs. Lithograph by W. Nichol, 1841, after A. Watteau.

The nymphs are on the right, Cupid and the sayr are on the left; beyond them, a rocky landscape

1 print : etching ; platemark 13.2 x 19.1 cm

Two nymphs making love, attended by Cupid who prevents the approach of a satyr. Etching, 16--, after Agostino Carracci, 1599.

Galeria nel Palazzo Farnese in Roma del sereniss. Duca di Parma etc. dipinta da Annibale Carracci, intagliata da Carlo Cesio.

1 print : etching, with engraving ; image 17.7 x 32.1 cm

Hyacinth raised into the sky by Apollo; on each side, a satyr. Etching by C. Cesi, 16--, after Annibale Carracci.

An episode in The faerie queene by Edmund Spenser, book I, canto 6: "The wyld woodgods, arrived in the place, / There find the virgin, doolfull, desolate, / With ruffled rayments, and fayre blubbred face, / As her outrageous foe had left her late ; / And trembling yet through feare of former hate. / All stand amazed at so uncouth sight, / And gin to pittie her unhappie state : / All stand astonied at her beautie bright, / In their rude eyes unworthie of so wofull plight." Una is alarmed by them, but they treat her with awe and respect

1 print : lithograph, printed in black with tint stone in faun ; image 37 x 49.2 cm

Una is surrounded by fauns and satyrs in a forest. Lithograph by T.H. Maguire after W.E. Frost.

Three satyrs eating, drinking and playing cymbals with a woman, putti, and a goat. Right, a herm of Pan or Dionysus and a tempietto

1 print : etching ; platemark 20 x 27.3 cm

Satyrs revelling in a bacchanalian celebration. Etching by A. Cioci, 1762, after A.D. Gabbiani.

1 print : engraving ; platemark 46 x 57.5 cm

Bacchus with attendant satyrs sits drinking by a cave as Venus appears to him and offers him a cup of love. Engraving by J. Audran after A. Coypel, 1704.

Erigone was the daughter of Icarius of Athens, to whom Dionysus, by deceiving Erigone, gave the gift of wine. Icarius shared it with shepherds, who, confused by the alcohol, killed him. Erigone hanged herself and was transformed into the constellation Virgo. The people of Attica were subjected to plague until they instituted a festival in honour of Erigone and Icarius (Reid, loc. cit.). The presnt depiction shows how Dionysus ensnared Erigone with the vine (Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.125 "Liber ut Erigonen falsa deceperit uva")
She eyes the grapes lustfully. Two cupids descend from above, while another snuggles against her on the left

Erigone plucks at grapes supplied by cupids. Engraving by P.C. Levesque after J.B. Deshays.

A satyr watches, left, and a herm with the head of Pan appears on the right

Bacchus squeezes grapes into a dish in order to inebriate and rape Erigone. Etching, 17--.

1 print : etching ; platemark 28.5 x 19.3 cm

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A man dressed as a satyr. Watercolour by Mary Lorraine, [1968?].

An arbour, in which satyrs are raping nymphs. Lithograph by W. Nichol, 1841, after A. Watteau.

Two nymphs making love, attended by Cupid who prevents the approach of a satyr. Etching, 16--, after Agostino Carracci, 1599.

Hyacinth raised into the sky by Apollo; on each side, a satyr. Etching by C. Cesi, 16--, after Annibale Carracci.

Una is surrounded by fauns and satyrs in a forest. Lithograph by T.H. Maguire after W.E. Frost.

Satyrs revelling in a bacchanalian celebration. Etching by A. Cioci, 1762, after A.D. Gabbiani.

Bacchus with attendant satyrs sits drinking by a cave as Venus appears to him and offers him a cup of love. Engraving by J. Audran after A. Coypel, 1704.

Erigone plucks at grapes supplied by cupids. Engraving by P.C. Levesque after J.B. Deshays.

Bacchus squeezes grapes into a dish in order to inebriate and rape Erigone. Etching, 17--.

A sculpture of the head of a satyr used as the spout of a water fountain. Etching by A. Legros, 1883.

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A man dressed as a satyr. Watercolour by Mary Lorraine, [1968?].

An arbour, in which satyrs are raping nymphs. Lithograph by W. Nichol, 1841, after A. Watteau.

Two nymphs making love, attended by Cupid who prevents the approach of a satyr. Etching, 16--, after Agostino Carracci, 1599.

Hyacinth raised into the sky by Apollo; on each side, a satyr. Etching by C. Cesi, 16--, after Annibale Carracci.

Una is surrounded by fauns and satyrs in a forest. Lithograph by T.H. Maguire after W.E. Frost.

Satyrs revelling in a bacchanalian celebration. Etching by A. Cioci, 1762, after A.D. Gabbiani.

Bacchus with attendant satyrs sits drinking by a cave as Venus appears to him and offers him a cup of love. Engraving by J. Audran after A. Coypel, 1704.

Erigone plucks at grapes supplied by cupids. Engraving by P.C. Levesque after J.B. Deshays.

Bacchus squeezes grapes into a dish in order to inebriate and rape Erigone. Etching, 17--.

A sculpture of the head of a satyr used as the spout of a water fountain. Etching by A. Legros, 1883.

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