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Mercury

Roman god of trade, merchants, thieves and travel

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Images featuring Mercury

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  • Mercury, an agent of the Terror, carries Capucin Chabot naked towards a furnace; recording the turnover of human life during the Terror in the French Revolution. Coloured aquatint, ca. 1794.
  • Mercury discovering the caduceus. Photographic postcard by Neurdein frères after A. Idrac, 191-.
  • Mercury [Hermes] as god of trade presenting the continents to Britannia. Etching by C. Grignion after S. Wale.
  • Mercury. Photographic postcard, 191-.
  • Philemon and Baucis providing food and shelter for Jupiter [Zeus] and Mercury [Hermes] who are disguised as travellers. Engraving after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • Mercury flying off with the head of Argus whose decapitated body lies on the ground. Red chalk drawing.
  • Minerva, as goddess of the arts, shaking hands with Italia; behind them Mercury, the messenger god. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1789, after Burney.
  • The god Mercury, with Venus in the background, tries to teach Cupid to read. Engraving by R. Gaillard, 1744, after Van-Loo le pere.
  • Mercury [Hermes]. Wood engraving by Jonnard after W.B. Richmond, 1866.
  • Mercury [Hermes]. Engraving by G. Balestra after I. Podio after B. Thorwaldsen.
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Cupid and Psyche (Tale)
Caduceus
Stocks
Short selling (Securities)
Financial crises
Netherlands
Alchemy
Astronomy
Mercury, Planet
Stockholders