" ... a most fair Dame Led of two grysie villeins, th' one Despight The Other clepèd Cruelty by name ..." Finished pencil studies of Amoret, Despite, and Cruelty. Inscribed in leeft hand top corner, "CRUDELITAS"; in right hand, "SAEVITIA"; in right hand bottom corner, E.B.J. MDCCCLXX. THE MASQUE OF CUPID." See No. 7. The date is a later addition.
The original drawing, shown in the Burlington exhibition 1899 is now missing and the only evidence is numerous copies of the Frederick Hollyer platinotype.