Chaste Arethusa, from Alpheus flies; / Resolv'd to die, rather than be his Prize. / The Moral is: - Take heed, ye flatter'd Fair: / Swains oft dissemble, & Words are but Air. / Lockman.
J Van Neck pinxit, J. Faber fecit. [n.d., c.1730.] Rare mezzotint. 355 x 260mm (14 x 10¼"). Chipped to plate top left, creasing top right corner, small tears in small margins. Bit messy. The nymph Alpheus is pursued through Arcadia by the river-god Arethusa. Ex: collection of The Hon. Christopher Lennox-Boyd.
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