74 x 49 mm. Gift: Christine Penn, Northumbria 2006
Copper engraving, no edition. A series of erotic engravings were made by Hermes to illustrate 'The Garden of Caresses' published by the Golden Cockerel Press in 1934
Nude male and nude female figure embracing. The male figure, on the right, has an erect penis and approaches the nude woman, on the left, from the rear. The nude woman turns her upper body to her left to embrace the man. Abstract lines and shapes in background. Engraved in fine detail with hatching and cross hatching for tone. Some mount staining