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Hercules defeating the river god Acheolus in the form of a bull, with three women to his left holding cornucopias, from a series of six engravings of Herculean Subjects

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Engraving, Six engravings of Herculean Subjects
Rights: Public Domain
Six engravings of Herculean Subjects, Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection The Elisha Whittelsey Fund 1949
Title: Hercules defeating the river god Acheolus in the form of a bull, with three women to his left holding cornucopias, from a series of six engravings of Herculean Subjects
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Engraving, Six engravings of Herculean Subjects.

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