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Print made by James Johnson, 1803–1834, British, Venus Bathing, undated
- Title:
Venus Bathing
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 20 × 13 1/2 inches (50.8 × 34.3 cm), Plate: 14 × 10 1/16 inches (35.6 × 25.6 cm), Image: 13 3/16 × 10 inches (33.5 × 25.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "456"
Lettered, lower left: "F.La Moyne Pinx. a Paris. | Thou canst not gaze rash Man, but to thy Cost; | Check thy bold sight; or know thy Heart is lost. | 204"; lettered, lower right: "J.Johnson fecit | Beauty tho' naked, must destructive prove; | Since arm'd with all th'Artillery of Love."; lettered, lower center: "VENUS | BATHING | Printed for Robert Sayer No.53 Fleet Street."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.1319
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bathing | cloth | dress | goddess | headbands | log | nude | nymph | pearls | reeds | trees | women
- Associated People:
- Venus
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:23168
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