Print made by Thomas Cook, 1744–1818, British, Time Smoking a Picture, early 1800s
- Title:
- Time Smoking a Picture
- Date:
- early 1800s
- Materials & Techniques:
- Line engraving, etching, and mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 17 11/16 x 10 15/16 inches (45 x 27.8 cm), Plate: 9 15/16 x 7 11/16 inches (25.3 x 19.6 cm), Image: 7 7/8 x 6 5/8 inches (20 x 16.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Collector's mark, verso: Yale University Art Gallery (Lugt 2667c)
Lettered in black ink, within image, lower left: "_ As statues moulder into Worth. P. W."; lower left: "[partially cut off] Robinson, Pater noster-row, London."; lower center: "To Nature and your Self appearl, | Nor learn of others what to feel. Anon."; lower right: "Engrav'd by T. Cook."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection; Gift of Chauncey B. Tinker, B.A. 1899
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1994.4.875
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- commentary | devil | easel | horn | landscape | nude | painting (visual work) | personification | pipe (smoking equipment) | religious and mythological subject | satire | sculptures | scythe | skull (skeleton component) | smoke | smoking (activity) | statues | tear | time | urn | varnish | wings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:37332
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