Mythical or legendary creature, believed to dwell in the sea and often imagined to be of immense size
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The tomb effigy of a man accompanied by nereids, marine centaurs and sea monsters. Engraving.
Reference: 11715i
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Hercules rescuing Hesione from a sea-monster. Engraving by B. Picart after C. Le Brun.
Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.Date: 1710-1719Reference: 11571i
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The wonder of the sea! : The Gymnetrus Northumbricus, or sea-serpent, caught on the Northumbrian Coast, March 26th, 1849 ... is now exhibiting at the Cosmorama Rooms, 209 Regent Street.
Date: [approximately 1850?]- Pictures
Perseus, dismounted from Pegasus, after rescuing Andromeda. Engraving by P.F. Tardieu after A.F. Oeser after P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: [1754?]Reference: 3183093iPart of: Recueil d'estampes gravées d'après les tableaux de la galerie de S.E.M. le Comte de Brühl
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Left, Perseus cuts off the head of Medusa; right, Perseus rescues Andromeda. Etching by T. Cook, 1808, after W. Hogarth.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: 1808Reference: 11379i