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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/LIB/9/6/36
Former Reference	D3311/140/36
Title	Print entitled "Omphale", engraved on an onyx gemstone belonging to Philip Carteret Webb, esquire, etched by T. Worlidge
Date	[c1768]
Description	In Greek mythology Omphale was at one time the owner and then the husband of Hercules; in the print her head is shown in profile, wearing skin of the Nemean Lion killed by Hercules. Taken from "A select Collection of Drawings from curious antique Gems, most of them in the possession of the Nobility and Gentry of this Kingdom, etched after the manner of Rembrandt," by Thomas Worlidge . Published by Dryden Leach, London, 1768. Paper size 18 x 25 cm, image size 6.5 x 8 cm.
Extent	1 print
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth