[Cupid forging the Bolts of Love.]
[n.d., c.1800.]
Stipple and etching in sepia, proof before all letters, 165 x 120mm. 6½ x 4¾". Some mild staining; glued to album page at corners.
Two winged putti hammer the bolt into shape while a third holds the metal in place over an anvil. Bellows and a fire in foreground to left, two doves above.
From the collection of Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth.
[Ref: 9645] £120.00
Stipple and etching in sepia, proof before all letters, 165 x 120mm. 6½ x 4¾". Some mild staining; glued to album page at corners.
Two winged putti hammer the bolt into shape while a third holds the metal in place over an anvil. Bellows and a fire in foreground to left, two doves above.
From the collection of Cecil Bisshopp Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth.
[Ref: 9645] £120.00