Soft conical cap with the top pulled forward

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John Locke. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after G. B. Cipriani, 1765.

John Locke. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper after G.B. Cipriani.

John Wallis. Line engraving by G. B. Cipriani.

Paris, seated, about to present the golden apple to Venus. Engraving by F. Piranesi, 1783, after T. Piroli.

Sir Isaac Newton. Mezzotint by J. MacArdell, 1760, after E. Seeman, 1726.

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Phrygian caps

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Works from the collections

Paris, seated, about to present the golden apple to Venus. Engraving by F. Piranesi, 1783, after T. Piroli.

John Wallis. Line engraving by G. B. Cipriani.

John Locke. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after G. B. Cipriani, 1765.

John Locke. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper after G.B. Cipriani.

Sir Isaac Newton. Mezzotint by J. MacArdell, 1760, after E. Seeman, 1726.