Accession number
PML 145850.168
Published
London : [s.n., 173-?]
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title supplied by cataloger.
Signed at lower right: Gravelot in. London.
Probably a headpiece illustration removed from a copy of the English translation of J.F. Bernard's The religious ceremonies and customs of the several nations of the known world (London : Nicholas Prevost, 1731-1739).
Inserted as item 168 into an album of collected prints, broadsides, drawings, and miscellaneous single sheet items, assembled by former owner Joseph Ames and entitled "Emblematical and satirical prints on persons and professions" (PML 145850).
Signed at lower right: Gravelot in. London.
Probably a headpiece illustration removed from a copy of the English translation of J.F. Bernard's The religious ceremonies and customs of the several nations of the known world (London : Nicholas Prevost, 1731-1739).
Inserted as item 168 into an album of collected prints, broadsides, drawings, and miscellaneous single sheet items, assembled by former owner Joseph Ames and entitled "Emblematical and satirical prints on persons and professions" (PML 145850).
Description
1 print : etching ; image: 69 x 154 mm; sheet: 74 x 158 mm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows a statue of a multi-armed diety seated on a pedestal within a shrine, with a brazier in front and various reclining animals on either side; a worshipper wearing a robe and queue kneels at left, while other worshippers stand at far right, one of whom bears a basket of fruit.
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