Mercury with a dog disguised as a pig
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Item data
Title
Mercury with a dog disguised as a pig
Collection
Wonders: Images of the Ancient World
Mythology -- Mercury
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1894
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Subjects
Mercury (Roman deity)
Hermes (Greek deity)
Swine
Caduceus
Genres
Notes
Source Note: From Greek vase paintings. (London Unwin 1894) Harrison, Jane Ellen (1850-1928), Author.
Content: Written on border: "Mercury with winged shoes carries his caduceus, and leads a dog disguised as a pig, to deceive Ceres, to sacrifice. On the wall is a lekythos, sponge and strigil."
Physical Description
Line photoengravings
Extent: 13 x 13 cm
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f1dd3450-c5be-012f-5502-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1894
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Mercury with a dog disguised as a pig" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1894. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f1dd3450-c5be-012f-5502-58d385a7bc34
APA format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1894). Mercury with a dog disguised as a pig Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f1dd3450-c5be-012f-5502-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Mercury with a dog disguised as a pig" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f1dd3450-c5be-012f-5502-58d385a7bc34
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