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Time - Mythology

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  • A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.
  • Literature saving the past from destruction by Time, in the form of a winged old man with a scythe. Etching by L. du Guernier.
  • Time trampling on Envy. Etching after C. Maratta.
  • A surgeon operates on the eye of an immoral old man, while the efforts of Time and Minerva to cure his inner corruption are rebuffed. Line engraving after O. van Veen, 16--.
  • A winged man (Time) and a winged skeleton (Death) record the passing of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VII; a lion skin in the background. Etching by F.X. Jungwierth after N. Stuber, 1746.
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    A winged man (Time) and a winged skeleton (Death) record the passing of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VII; a lion skin in the background. Etching by F.X. Jungwierth after N. Stuber, 1746.

    Stuber, Nikolaus Gottfried, 1688-1749. | Date: 1746 | Reference: 567833i
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    A parody astrological diagram showing opposing aspects of the life of settlers in Jamaica: langorous noons and the hells of yellow fever. Coloured aquatint after A.James, 1800.

    James, Abraham., active 1800-1802. | Date: 1 October 1800 | Reference: 18134i
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    The wheel of Fortune, showing the rise and fall of European powers. Etching and letterpress, ca. 1689.

    | Date: [1689?] | Reference: 2136945i
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    Time trampling on Envy. Etching after C. Maratta.

    Maratti, Carlo, 1625-1713. | Reference: 11395i
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    Saint Barbara comforting the dying. Line engraving, 17--.

    | Date: [between 1700 and 1799?] | Reference: 586612i
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