Jealous Monster by John Hamilton Mortimer (1778)

Etching of a nude woman grabbed by two snarling sea monsters above rippling waves, with a fish-tailed creature below.

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Jealous Monster (no.8 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 nude woman seized by two grotesque, snarling sea creatures while a fish-tailed monster rises from the churning water below. The stormy sky and rippling waves frame the violent scene. The print is titled Jealous Monster (no.8 from Fifteen Etchings dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds), by John Hamilton Mortimer, dated 1778.

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1778

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Wikimedia Commons

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