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Father Time with a group of travelers

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Father Time with a group of travelers
engraving
image: 223 x 135 mm
Peel 2010
Provenance: 
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Inscription: 

Pencilled below image: Van Butrhill [?] / 450

Notes: 

Title devised by cataloger.
Image trimmed within plate mark.

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.

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Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Print
Department: 
Drawings and Prints