Love conquering time: Cupids seize Father Time's hourglass, break the blade of his scythe, and crown two hearts smouldering with the fire of love. Colour lithograph by E. Wattier after F. Boucher.

  • Boucher, François, 1703-1770.
Date:
[between 1855 and 1866]
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2853397i
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Paris (7 rue Bonaparte) : Troude éditeur, [between 1855 and 1866] (Paris : Imp. Lemercier)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in sanguine ; image and border 32.5 x 22.7 cm

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Boucher inv. Emile Wattier lith. Bears numbers: 3.e liv. No. 9

References note

Henri Bouchot, Le Cabinet des estampes de la Bibliothèque nationale: guide du lecteur et du visiteur, catalogue général et raisonné des collections qui y sont conservées, Paris: E. Dentu, 1895, p. 30

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2853397i

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