A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical (1881)
Chatto, William Andrew, 1799-1864, Jackson, John, 1801-1848, Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George), 1796-1884 · New York : J. W. Bouton · leaf 247
IS plucking the feathers from his wings. The cause of herexplained by the figure of Mars behind the net in whicli he and Venushad been inclosed by A^ulcan. Love had been the cause of his mothersmisfortune. 222 WOOD ENGKAVING In the following cut Cupid is represented as brought by Mercury before… … In the next cut Cupid appears piercing the sky with a dart, andthus causing a shower of gold to fall. The figures represent persons ofall conditions whom he has wounded, looking on with amazement.
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