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Time Clipping the Wings of Love

Print
mid 18th century (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Print showing the figure of Time, shown as an old man with wings, clipping the wings of a cupid, representative of Love. At the feet of Time is his scythe and the quiver of Love. The scene takes place in a woodland setting.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleTime Clipping the Wings of Love (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Mezzotint
Brief description
Print showing Time clipping the wings of Love. Mezzotint by James McArdell after Sir Anthony van Dyck, mid-18th century.
Physical description
Print showing the figure of Time, shown as an old man with wings, clipping the wings of a cupid, representative of Love. At the feet of Time is his scythe and the quiver of Love. The scene takes place in a woodland setting.
Dimensions
  • Cut to height: 49.5cm
  • Cut to width: 35.6cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Ant Van Dyck Eques Pinxt. Jas. Mc Ardell Fecit. From the Original in the Collection of His Grace the Duke of Marlborough at Blenheim.' (Lettered)
  • (With the mark of the collection of Samuel Leith (mid-19th century) (Lugt 767))
Credit line
Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.469-1959

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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