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Neptune (Roman deity)

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Images featuring Neptune (Roman deity)

14 images from works
  • Baths, Southernhay, Exeter. Engraving by J.F. Lambert, 1830, after W.H. Bartlett.
  • Neptune and a Triton. Engraving by C. Grignion, 1789.
  • Neptune and Amphitrite sit on a scallop shell chariot amidst the waves, surrounded by nereids and tritons; representing the element water. Engraving by L. Desplaces, 1718, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.
  • Galatea riding a scallop shell chariot over the seas accompanied by Neptune, nymphs and cherubs, symbolising the element water. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.
  • A bas relief of Neptune, Jupiter, and three other figures, on the temple of Minerva Pallas. Etching by J. Barbault.
  • Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville (in Highland costume), bleeds Neptune while Alexander Trotter holds a bowl to catch the guineas which flow from the incision; representing Trotter's embezzlement of public funds and Melville 's alleged connivance. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1805.
  • Neptune presiding over a businessman making money through investment and a man drinking beer; representing the phlegmatic temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler.
  • Neptune presiding over a businessman making money through investment and a man drinking beer; representing the phlegmatic temperament. Etching by J.D. Nessenthaler.
  • Neptune [Poseidon] and Amphitrite. Mezzotint by J. Smith after Titian.
  • Venus riding a scallop shell chariot over the seas accompanied by Neptune, nymphs and cherubs, symbolising the element water. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
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Works from the collections

17 works

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    A bas relief of Neptune, Jupiter, and three other figures, on the temple of Minerva Pallas. Etching by J. Barbault.

    Jean Barbault | Reference: 2499232i
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    Ceres making love to a horse (Neptune); representing the joining of the land and the sea. Engraving by B. Picart, 1708.

    Q559929 | Date: 1708 | Reference: 2853401i
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    Neptune [Poseidon]. Etching with woodcut by J.B. Jackson.

    | Reference: 11560i
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    Neptune [Poseidon] and Amphitrite. Mezzotint by J. Smith after Titian.

    Titian | Date: 1708 | Reference: 11719i
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    Baths, Southernhay, Exeter. Engraving by J.F. Lambert, 1830, after W.H. Bartlett.

    William Henry Bartlett | Date: 1830 | Reference: 22811i
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Related topics

Ocean
Water
Scallops
Mermen
Shells
Chariots
Pearls

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