Europa
Engraver John Raphael Smith British
After Richard Cosway British
Publisher John Boydell British
Not on view
Smith's engraving of the Phoencian princess Europa carried off by Jupiter, transformed into a white bull, is based on a painting Cosway exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1775. Europa's distress is indicated by her streaming hair, and appealing gesture to her companions left on shore, while the cupid riding a dolphin indicate Jupiter's romantic intentions.
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