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Father Time (Symbolic character)
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Father Time holding a scythe: four studies. Etching by R. Earlom, 1787, after G.B. Cipriani.
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785.Date: Feb.ry 1st 1787Reference: 2952442i
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Sunshine (left): a woman with a jug; darkness (right): a witch with time and death. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1971.
Bishop, Mary, (Mary Cecil Hamilton), 1914-1990.Date: 12.1.71 [12 January 1971]Reference: 2897405iPart of: Adamson Collection
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An allegory celebrating Dutch painters. Engraving by J.A. Pierron after P. Peyron.
Peyron, Pierre, 1744-1814.Date: [1796]Reference: 33087i- Pictures
Bombario as Aesop mocks monkeys eating cabbage, who represent investors in the Dutch share boom of 1720. Etching, 1720.
Date: [1720?]Reference: 814377iPart of: Groote tafereel der dwaasheid.
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Women personifying the continents of Europe, Africa and Asia, are protected by Father Time, while a woman personifying antiquity points to the value of ancient coins. Engraving by M. van der Gucht after P. Berchet.
Berchet, Pierre, 1659-1720.Date: [1717]Reference: 35741i