A young woman as Hygieia (Health). Stipple engraving by C. Taylor, 1789, after S. Shelley.

  • Shelley, Samuel, approximately 1750-1808.
Date:
Feb.y 1 1789
Reference:
23846i
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She holds the staff of Aesculapius. In the background, birds flying over a hillside

Publication/Creation

London (No. 10 near Castle Street, Holborn) : C. Taylor, Feb.y 1 1789.

Physical description

1 print : stipple, printed in sanguine ; platemark image 19 x 12.2 cm

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Health, on a mountain's brow reclin'd. S. Shelley pinxt. C. Taylor sculpt.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 23846i

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