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Hercules (Roman mythological character)

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  • The head of Hercules. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • An obese man wooing a tall lean woman outside a mausoleum; representing dropsy and consumption. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1810.
  • A skeleton in the pose of the Farnese Hercules. Pen and ink drawing.
  • Jupiter carrying Hercules to be breast-fed by a goddess (?) Engraving by P.R. de Launay after D. Duvivier after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
  • Proportions of the human body: four figures of the Farnese Hercules and the Laocoön group, with proportions marked. Line engraving by W. Grainger, 1788/1795, after G. Audran (?).
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    Jupiter carrying Hercules to be breast-fed by a goddess (?) Engraving by P.R. de Launay after D. Duvivier after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.

    Tintoretto, 1518-1594. | Reference: 17449i
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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: 1710-1719 | Reference: 11571i
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    Certificate admitting William Hodges to the Royal Academy. Engraving by F. Bartolozzi after G.B. Cipriani, 1786.

    Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785. | Date: 1786 | Reference: 26483i
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    Iole and Hercules. Etching by C. Cesi after Annibale Carracci.

    Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609. | Date: [between 1600 and 1699?] | Reference: 2133522i
    Part of: Galeria nel Palazzo Farnese in Roma del sereniss. Duca di Parma etc. dipinta da Annibale Carracci, intagliata da Carlo Cesio.
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    Astrology: signs of the zodiac. Coloured engraving.

    | Reference: 46464i
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