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Monochrome engraving from a copy of "Orlando Furioso", depicting the knight Rogero in full armor, with a plump nude young woman behind him, atop the back of a flying hippogriff. Below, there is a cliff with shackles still rooted in it, and a sea in which a vast, eyeless, and sharp-toothed monster swims. On a distant shore is a small crowd of figures. The engraving is labeled "Plate X." Below the image is the following text,
"Rogero, pitying, heard the dame deplore;
Then broke her bonds, and took her from the shore.
He spurs; the courses spurns the sand, and flies
Aloft in air, and travels thro' the skies."
The verso is blank.


whales
1784-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
unknown
ink; paper; mounting
7 3/4 in x 5 1/4 in
Britain