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Father Time with a group of travelers
Published
[Place not specified] : [publisher not specified], [18th century]
engraving
image: 223 x 135 mm
Peel 2010
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Image trimmed within plate mark.
Image trimmed within plate mark.
Inscriptions/Markings
Pencilled below image: Van Butrhill [?] / 450
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Winged, bearded Father Time / Cronos figure, scythe lying on the ground under him, rests on one knee while supporting a sheaf of papers on his shoulders, on the first of which shows a tableau of four travellers. One is mounted on a horse, while the other three -- a woman and two men -- are on foot.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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