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Artist/Maker Cook, Thomas
Artist/Maker Hogarth, William
MediumEngraving
Dimensions8 1/2" x 10 1/2"; Image: 4 3/8" x 6 1/8"
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.8709 DUP
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionEngraving with two images, side by side. Text along top "PERSEUS & ANDROMEDA" Image to left of man (Perseus) in Gladiator-type armor with winged ankels. He has a severed head in one hand and sword over other shoulder. He's leaving a cave, with body (missing head) behind. A winged horse flies overhead. "FRONTISPIECE." is printed below. Image to left shows same man flying over water (with severed head and sword in hand). A stylized whale is below him. To right, on land, is a woman (Andromeda)(naked, with cloth draped) chained to a large rock. "PERSEUS DESCENDING." is underneath. Engraved by Cook for J. Nichols, "Genuine Works of Will. Hogarth" (London, 1808ff.) Publisher: Longman, Hurst, Rees &Orme; August 1, 1808. Original by Hogarth prepared as illustration for the verse drama by Lewis Theobald, "Perseus and Andromeda" (London, 1730).
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