Print made by Thomas Cook, 1744–1818, British, Time Smoking a Picture, between 1800 and 1809
- Title:
- Time Smoking a Picture
- Date:
- between 1800 and 1809
- Materials & Techniques:
- Engraving, etching, and mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 17 5/8 × 10 7/8 inches (44.8 × 27.6 cm), Plate: 10 × 7 3/4 inches (25.4 × 19.7 cm), Image: 8 × 6 5/8 inches (20.3 × 16.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Collector's mark, verso: Yale University Art Gallery (Lugt 2667c)
Lettered inside image, upper center: "Crates ?????? ?a? ’?? te???? s?f?? See Spectator | ’?pa?ta d’ e??a??µe??? ade?e? e?a Vol: 11, No 23."; lower right: "VARNISH"; lower left: "- As statues moulder into Worth. P. W."; below image, lower center: "To Nature and your Self appeal, | Nor learn of others what to feel. - Anon." lower left: "Robinson, Pater noster-row, London."; 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 in the Study Room [Request]
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:37332
- Export:
- XML
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