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Death of Cleopatra VII, the last ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt, in 30BC. She holds a poisonous asp at her breast. In agate and dactylotheca from the collection of the 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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Death of Cleopatra VII, the last ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt, in 30BC. She holds a poisonous asp at her breast. In agate and dactylotheca from the collection of the 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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Image size:
5269 x 6002 px | 90.5 MB
Print size:
44.6 x 50.8 cm | 17.6 x 20.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
30BC • AGATE • ANCIENT HISTORY • ANIMAL: SNAKE • ART DEALER • ASP • BREAST • BREASTS • CHEST • CITY OF LONDON • CLASSICAL HISTORY • CLEOPATRA VII • COLLECTION OF FIFTY PRINTS FROM ANTIQUE GEMS • COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING • CULT • DACTYLOTHECA • DEATH • GEORGIAN • GREEK MYTH • JOHN BOYDELL • JOHN SPILSBURY • LONDON • LONDON. • MEZZOTINT • MYTH: ROMAN • MYTHOLOGY • POISON • PTOLEMAIC EGYPT • REGENCY • REPTILE: SNAKE • RITE • RITUAL • ROMAN MYTH • RULER • SERPENT • SNAKE SNAKE • SNAKE • SNAKES • THOMAS MOORE SLADE • VENOM • WATER
