Ovid's Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books
Object type: Book
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Ovid|Sir Samuel Garth|Jacob Tonson, the Elder|John Dryden|Joseph Addison|John Gay|Sir Godfrey Kneller|George Vertue|Louis Du Guernier, the younger|Michael Vandergucht|Elisha Kirkall|R. Smith|Matthys Pool|Peter Berchet|Caroline, Queen of England|Caroline, Queen of England
Artist bio: Roman, Sulmo 43 BCE–17 CE Tomis, Moesia|British, 1661–1719 London|British, London 1655–1736 Barn Elms, Surrey|British, Aldwincle, Northamptonshire 1631–1700 London|British, Milston, Wiltshire 1672–1719 Kensington, Middlesex|British, Barnstaple, Devon 1685–1732|German, Lübeck 1646–1723 London|British, London 1684–1756 London|French, Paris 1658/87–1716 London (active England)|Flemish, Antwerp 1660–1725 London|British, Sheffield 1682–1742 London|British, active early 18th century|Dutch, Amsterdam 1670–ca. 1732 Amsterdam|French, 1659–1720 London|British (born Germany), Ansbach 1683–1737 London|British (born Germany), Ansbach 1683–1737 London
Artist role: Author|Translator|Publisher|Translator|Translator|Translator|Artist|Engraver|Engraver|Engraver|Engraver|Engraver|Engraver|Artist|Dedicatee|Sitter
Artist nationality: Roman|British|British|British|British|British|German|British|French|Flemish|British|British|Dutch|French|British, born Germany|British, born Germany
Date: 1717
Medium: Illustrations: etching
Dimensions: 16 1/4 x 10 5/16 x 2 1/16 in. (41.3 x 26.2 x 5.2 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953
Accession year: 1953