Time and Death

All Resolutions

Time and Death their thoughts impart
On works of learning & of art.

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Artist

Name:
Rowlandson, Thomas
Dates:
1756-1827
Country:
UK

Illustration

Subject:
Humor
Technique:
Etching
Format:
Landscape (wider)
Source:
The Getty Research Institute, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:
The English dance of death, vol. 1
Author:
Combe, William
Publisher:
London: R. Ackermann, 1815
Open Library:
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Description:

Hand-colored aquatint showing Time and Death, represented as an old man carrying a scythe and a skeleton with an arrow and hourglass. They stand beside a man sitting at a table with a blank book open before him, seemingly waiting for inspiration to start writing. A little further in front of him, an artist draws one of the many sculpted busts lining the room. 

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