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Bacchus, Roman god of win, with thyrsus (pine-cone staff) riding a centaur with its hands tied behind its back. Engraved on sardonyx and dactylotheca from the collection of the antiquarian Charles Francis Greville. Baccha Centaurum Domans. Mezzotint copperplate engraving by John Spilsbury from his Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems, John Boydell, London, 1785.

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Bacchus, Roman god of win, with thyrsus (pine-cone staff) riding a centaur with its hands tied behind its back. Engraved on sardonyx and dactylotheca from the collection of the antiquarian Charles Francis Greville. Baccha Centaurum Domans. Mezzotint copperplate engraving by John Spilsbury from his Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems, John Boydell, London, 1785.

Personalities:

BACCHUS • JOHN SPILSBURY

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Album / Florilegius

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6317 x 5518 px | 99.7 MB

Print size:

53.5 x 46.7 cm | 21.1 x 18.4 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

ANCIENT HISTORY • ANTIQUARIAN • BACCHA CENTAURUM DOMANS. SARDONYX • BACCHUS • CENTAUR • CENTAURS • CENTAURUS • CHARLES FRANCIS GREVILLE • CITY OF LONDON • CLASSICAL HISTORY • COLLECTION OF FIFTY PRINTS FROM ANTIQUE GEMS • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • CULT • DACTYLOTHECA • ENGRAVED • GEORGIAN • GREEK MYTH • JOHN BOYDELL • JOHN SPILSBURY • LONDON • LONDON. • MEZZOTINT • MYTH: ROMAN • MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMAL: CENTAUR • MYTHOLOGY • PINE-CONE STAFF • REGENCY • RIDING • RITE • RITUAL • ROMAN MYTH • SARDONIX • SARDONYX • THYRSUS • WATER