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Melpomene, Polyhymnia and Erato. Etching by G. Duchange after B. Picart after E. Le Sueur.

Urania, the muse of astronomy. Engraving by L. Kilian (?), 16--.

Polyhymnia and Erato. Engraving by F. Godefroy after G.B. Wicar after Pietro da Cortona.

An antique statue of Flora crowned with flowers, from Hadrian's villa at Tivoli. Etching by F. Piranesi, 1784, after L. Corazzari.

The Muse Polyhymnia seated with attributes of eloquence: a scroll, two books, and a caduceus. Engraving by H. Goltzius, 1592.

A muse (?). Etching by R. Dalton, 174-.

Apollo, with three allegorical figures, holds a portrait medallion of Louis XVI. Engraving by J.B. Tillard after E. de Lavallée Poussin.

Double images: hunting scene, western allegorical female muse figure. Ink drawing.

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Muses (Greek deities)

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The Muse Polyhymnia seated with attributes of eloquence: a scroll, two books, and a caduceus. Engraving by H. Goltzius, 1592.

A muse (?). Etching by R. Dalton, 174-.

Apollo, with three allegorical figures, holds a portrait medallion of Louis XVI. Engraving by J.B. Tillard after E. de Lavallée Poussin.

Double images: hunting scene, western allegorical female muse figure. Ink drawing.

Urania, the muse of astronomy. Engraving by L. Kilian (?), 16--.