NCO190400 A Vestal of -93 trying on the Cestus of Venus, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1793 (hand-coloured etching & engraving with aquatint) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); 31.2x37.6 cm; Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College, Oxford; (add.info.: The design resembles high relief, beneath the title is etched: \'Engrav\'d from a Basso-relievo, lately found upon some fragments of Antiquity\'. Three amoretti attend the toilet of an aged hag; the cestus of Venus is a huge pad which one ties round her waist, and another supports. A third holds up an oval mirror which reflects the monstrous curve of the pad. She wears a small grotesque straw hat, from which hangs drapery reaching to the ground, with stays and under-petticoat; from a pocket protrudes \'Ovid Art [of Love]\'. She crouches in profile to the right, her hands raised delightedly. Cupid, who ties the girdle, has a quiver of arrows which hangs reversed; his bow and arrow lie beside him. Behind is an overturned altar of Venus, the fire still burning. Beneath the title: \'"Upon her fragrant breast the Zone was brac\'d; In it was ev\'ry art, and ev\'ry charm To win the wisest, and the coldest warm.\' 29 April 1793 ); English, out of copyright.