Time Smoking a Picture

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2011-10-17 09:03:00.0
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Digital Media Bank ID: 19375
Original Filename: dmas_fa207252_d01_ab10.jpg
Description: Father Time sits on a broken sculpture smoking a pipe in front of a picture on an easel. He is faking the age of the painting.
Categories: Timeline, Collections/ Fine Art  
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Credit: Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove
Licence: CC BY-SA
Object or Artwork info
Type (of Object or Artwork): Engraving
Title (of Artwork / Object): Time Smoking a Picture
Creator (of Artwork / Object): Hogarth, William
Date Created (of Object / Artwork): 1761
Description (Object or Artwork): Father Time sits on a broken sculpture, smoking a pipe. The smoke stains the painting on the easel in front of him while his scythe pierces the canvas. To his side is a large urn of varnish. He is faking the age of the painting. Under seated figure on image ' As Statues moulder into Worth' with the initials 'P.W' Inscription under image reads ' To nature and your Self appeal, Nor learn of others, what to feel. Anon'
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Other Keywords: smoking,pipe,easel,painting
File info
Size: 5.79 MB; 3611 x 4683 pixels; 306 x 396 mm (print at 300 DPI);
Orientation: Portrait
Administrative info
Linked Accession no.: FA207252
Date Created: Mon Sep 12 13:23:00 BST 2011