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Two-panel etching: armored warrior and Pegasus near a cave on the left; winged figure above a sea monster and rocky shore on the right.

Left, Perseus cuts off the head of Medusa; right, Perseus rescues Andromeda. Etching by T. Cook, 1808, after W. Hogarth.

Two etched panels from a book frontispiece. On the left, an armored warrior stands beside a reclining headless body in a rocky cave while Pegasus flies above. On the right, a winged figure descends over a churning sea toward a nude figure on a rocky shore, with a sea monster below.

Artist
William Hogarth
Date
1808
Medium
Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3032 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1808.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Perseo y Andrómeda: dos escenas grabadas según Hogarth

Dos paneles grabados de la lámina frontispicio de un libro. A la izquierda, un guerrero con armadura está junto a un cuerpo sin cabeza tendido en una cueva rocosa, mientras Pegaso vuela arriba. A la derecha, una figura alada desciende sobre un mar agitado hacia una figura desnuda sobre la costa rocosa, con un monstruo marino debajo.

Português: Perseu e Andrômeda: duas cenas gravadas segundo Hogarth

Dois painéis gravados da lâmina frontispício de um livro. À esquerda, um guerreiro com armadura está ao lado de um corpo sem cabeça deitado numa caverna rochosa, enquanto Pégaso voa acima. À direita, uma figura alada desce sobre um mar agitado em direção a uma figura nua sobre a costa rochosa, com um monstro marinho abaixo.

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