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Mermen

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  • Two sleeping water creatures, similar to mermaids. Etching by J.H. Mortimer, 177-.
  • Neptune and Amphitrite sit on a scallop shell chariot amidst the waves, surrounded by nereids and tritons; representing the element water. Engraving by L. Desplaces, 1718, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.
  • Galatea riding a scallop shell chariot over the seas accompanied by Neptune, nymphs and cherubs, symbolising the element water. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.
  • [Leaflet advertising an appearance of a real mermaid and merman (caught off Terra del Fuego). Location not disclosed but printed in Lambeth (Phoenix Printing Office)].
  • A merman, by the sea. Woodcut.
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    A merman, by the sea. Woodcut.

    | Reference: 3326i
    • Pictures

    Two sleeping water creatures, similar to mermaids. Etching by J.H. Mortimer, 177-.

    Mortimer, John Hamilton, 1740-1779. | Date: 25 January 1780 | Reference: 3097i
    • Ephemera
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    [Leaflet advertising an appearance of a real mermaid and merman (caught off Terra del Fuego). Location not disclosed but printed in Lambeth (Phoenix Printing Office)].

    | Date: 1887
    • Pictures

    The triumph of Galatea. Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1693, after Raphael.

    Raphael, 1483-1520. | Date: Anno 1693 | Reference: 2853400i
    Part of: Psyches et Amoris nuptiae ac fabula.
    • Pictures
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    Galatea riding a scallop shell chariot over the seas accompanied by Neptune, nymphs and cherubs, symbolising the element water. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.

    Albani, Francesco, 1578-1660. | Date: Jan[uar]y 1797 | Reference: 23949i
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