Lusus Naturae or the Caricaturas of the Present Age
John June, English, active 1747 - 1770
March 5, 1752
Etching and engraving on paper
Image: 11 9/16 × 18 in. (29.3 × 45.7 cm)
Plate: 12 13/16 × 18 3/4 in. (32.5 × 47.6 cm)
Sheet: 13 3/8 × 19 in. (34 × 48.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Class of 1935 Memorial Fund
2019.24.3
Geography
Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, top margin: LUSUS NATURAE, or CARRACATURAS of the presnt Age.__; inscribed, in plate, bottom margin: Published according to the Act of Parliament March 5th. 1752. Sold by B. Dickenson on Ludgate Hill. Inscribed, in plate, lower right: J. June Scu.; inscribed, in plate, lower left L'Ageau invenit.
Provenance
Andrew Edmunds Prints & Drawings, London, England; sold to present collection, 2019.
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