Naked Venus, Roman goddess of love, beauty, desire and sex, lying on a sheet with a dog. Engraved on carnelian and dactylotheca from the collection of art dealer Thomas Moore Slade. Mezzotint copperplate engraving by John Spilsbury from his Collection of Fifty Prints from Antique Gems, John Boydell, London, 1785.

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