Literature saving the past from destruction by Time, in the form of a winged old man with a scythe. Etching by L. du Guernier.

  • Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716.
Date:
[between 1700 and 1799]
Reference:
25978i
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Putti store books and manuscripts

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[between 1700 and 1799]

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1 print : etching ; image 8.6 x 18.3 cm

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Lettering

L. du Guernier sculp.

References note

W. Schupbach, The Iconographic Collections of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London 1989, p. 52

Reference

Wellcome Collection 25978i

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