'Aqua' in a Decorative Border with Sea Creatures, from a Series of Circular Designs with the Four Elements

Design for a circular plate with the element of Water personified as a standing female figure holding a shell in her left and and leaning on an over turned vessel, which issues a stream of water and fish. This scene is shown in a medallion at center and is surrounded by a broad band with various aquatic animals and sea monsters, including two horses with fish's tails below. Plate 3 from a series of four devoted to the Four Elements.

Credit: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917