Musical Monster by John Hamilton Mortimer (1778)

Etching of a satyr playing panpipes atop a sea serpent, with a sleeping figure and skeleton in grass nearby.

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Musical Monster (no.11 from Fifteen Etchings dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds), John Hamilton Mortimer (1778), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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This etching shows a horned satyr with a floral wreath playing panpipes while reclining on a serpentine sea creature in the water. A sleeping nude figure lies in the grass beside a scattering of skeletal remains, under a cloudy sky. The work is titled Musical Monster, no. 11 from Fifteen Etchings dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds, by John Hamilton Mortimer, dated 1778.

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1778

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