An elderly man with a skull and an hourglass, representing the misery of old age. Engraving by C.G. Schultze, 1770, after C.-F. Hutin.

  • Hutin, Charles, 1715-1776.
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1770
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533690i
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An elderly man with a skull and an hourglass, representing the misery of old age. Engraving by C.G. Schultze, 1770, after C.-F. Hutin. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1770

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1 print : engraving, with etching ; image and text 33.7 x 21 cm

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Ich werde viel aelter und Schwermuth und Plage, Droht meiner schon sinkenden Haelfte der Tage. Hagedorn. Ch. Hutin pinx. C.G. Schultze incid: Dresdae 1770. Zu finden in der Dyckschen Buchhandlung in Leipzig. Translation of the quotation from Hagedorn: I become much older, and melancholy and misery (or sickness) threaten the declining half of my days

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