Cupid, Roman god of love, bending a bow. Cupido arcum curvat. Engraved on amethyst and dactylotheca from the collection of Algernon Percy, First Earl of Beverley. Mezzotint copperplate engraving by John Spilsbury from his Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems, John Boydell, London, 1785.

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