Hogarth's Crest
William Hogarth|John Barlow
1782–1800 · Etching and engraving · Drawings and Prints
This bookplate, supposedly designed by Hogarth, is inscribed "Cyprus," Variety" and "Hogarth's Crest". A scroll-work design enclosing the word "Cyprus" forms a pedestal to support the "Cyprian cone", the symbolic form under which Venus was worshipped at Paphos. This cone is in the form of a spiral or a pyramidal shell.
- Artist
- William Hogarth|John Barlow
- Date
- 1782–1800
- Medium
- Etching and engraving
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
