Venus's looking glass
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1623910
Item data
Title
Venus's looking glass
Collection
Wonders: Images of the Ancient World
Mythology -- Venus
Names
Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 (Artist)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1899
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Subjects
Venus (Roman deity)
Mirrors
Grooming
Nudes
Reflections
Mythology, Greek
Aphrodite (Greek deity)
Mythology, Roman
Genres
Notes
Content: Printed on image: "First in Venus's looking glass, you may see where love lies bleeding..."
Source Note: A floral fantasy in an old English garden. (New York Harper 1899) Crane, Walter (1845-1915), Author.
Physical Description
Halftone photomechanical prints
Extent: 24.5 x 17 cm
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 37e20890-c5bf-012f-836c-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1899
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Venus's looking glass" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1899. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/37e20890-c5bf-012f-836c-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1899). Venus's looking glass Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/37e20890-c5bf-012f-836c-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Venus's looking glass" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 6, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/37e20890-c5bf-012f-836c-58d385a7bc34
Wikipedia citation
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