Sophonisba, Carthaginian noblewoman who lived during the Second Punic War and poisoned herself. Engraved on sardonyx from the collection of Captain Philips. Mezzotint copperplate engraving by John Spilsbury from his Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems, John Boydell, London, 1785.

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