DGC405781 Priapic demon. illustration from an early 17th century broadside ballad ‘A Warning for All Lewd Livers’ (woodcut) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Priapus portrayed in a popularised and degraded form as a devil in popular English ballads and culture; illustration from the ‘Worship of Priapus’ by Richard Payne Knight (1750-1820) published in 1786 for the Dilettanti Society and reprinted with additions in 1865;); Prismatic Pictures ; English, out of copyright
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