In a cave, three men engaged in intercourse with mermaids, one couple standing at centre, the mermaid holding up a mirror in her left hand for the man to gaze at his reflection; another man standing by in readiness at right; a rowing boat tipped up on the rocks behind at centre, a man bending down in front of it to examine a conch; a turbaned man standing in the entrance of the cave, threatening with an oar an angry triton who waves his fists from the sea at left. Etching and stipple on pink-brown paper. Date: early 19thc (c.). Dimensions: Height: 135 mm (trimmed); Width: 208 mm (trimmed). Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Print (BM 1977,U.561)
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