Portrait of Mercury, Roman god of commerce and communication with petasos, caduceus, cloak and winged ankles. Engraved in sardonyx and dactylotheca from the collection of antiquarian Charles Francis Greville. Mercurius in Sardo. & Dactyl. Mezzotint copperplate engraving by John Spilsbury from his Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems, John Boydell, London, 1785.

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