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Isis, ancient Egyptian goddess of fertility and magic, breastfeeding her son Horus, the falcon-headed god. Isis et Orus. Engraved on sardonyx and dactylotheca from the collection of art dealer Thomas Moore Slade. Mezzotint copperplate engraving by John Spilsbury from his Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems, John Boydell, London, 1785.

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Isis, ancient Egyptian goddess of fertility and magic, breastfeeding her son Horus, the falcon-headed god. Isis et Orus. Engraved on sardonyx and dactylotheca from the collection of art dealer Thomas Moore Slade. Mezzotint copperplate engraving by John Spilsbury from his Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems, John Boydell, London, 1785.

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JOHN SPILSBURY

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Album / Florilegius

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5056 x 6186 px | 89.5 MB

Print size:

42.8 x 52.4 cm | 16.9 x 20.6 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GODDESS • ANCIENT HISTORY • ART DEALER • BREASTFEEDING • CITY OF LONDON • CLASSICAL HISTORY • COLLECTION OF FIFTY PRINTS FROM ANTIQUE GEMS • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • CULT • DACTYLOTHECA • FALCON-HEADED GOD • FERTILITY • GEORGIAN • GREEK MYTH • HORUS • ISIS ET ORUS • ISIS • JOHN BOYDELL • JOHN SPILSBURY • LONDON • MAGIC • MYTH: ROMAN • MYTHOLOGY • REGENCY • RITE • RITUAL • ROMAN MYTH • SARDONIX • SARDONYX • SON • THOMAS MOORE SLADE • WATER • MEZZOTINT