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The wedding of Cupid and Psyche: Cupid and the veiled Psyche are escorted by winged putti. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi after G.B. Cipriani after Tryphon.

A woman seated wearing a fur-lined cloak and holding a basket of fruit. Line engraving by T. Chambars, 1765, after R. Earlom after Sebastiano del Piombo.

The world as an egg: three cosmogonical figures. Etching by Barlow, 1795.

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The world as an egg: three cosmogonical figures. Etching by Barlow, 1795.

A woman seated wearing a fur-lined cloak and holding a basket of fruit. Line engraving by T. Chambars, 1765, after R. Earlom after Sebastiano del Piombo.