The figure of a woman divided in two parts: half skeleton, half lady of fashion, standing next to a obelisk inscribed with biblical quotations. Etching, 17--, attributed to V. Green.
- Green, Valentine, 1739-1813.
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By the lady's dress lie playing cards, a book on gaming, 'Romances and novels Vol. 1' and a sheet bearing the word 'masquerade'
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1 print : etching
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Life and death contrasted - or, an Essay on Woman ...
The biblical quotations concern vanity and pleasure. One quotation is marked 'Hervey's Med'; it tells the tale of Corinna, partying one night, the next night dead
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Compare with Wellcome Library no. 26236i, a similar print of a man by Valentine Green, which claimed to be an abridgement of Pope's 'Essay on Man'
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Wellcome Collection 26238i
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