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What's Humane Life, where nothing long can stand? / Time flyes, Our Glory fades, & Death's at hand.': P.2587-R(40)

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

What's Humane Life, where nothing long can stand? / Time flyes, Our Glory fades, & Death's at hand.'

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Faithorne, William, the Younger
Painter: Champaigne, Philippe de (After)

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Later provenance as P.2587-R

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given by Charrington, John

Dating

Production date: before AD 1710

Note

E Cooper ex.

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2587-R(40)
Primary reference Number: 82811
Laborde: p.292
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "What's Humane Life, where nothing long can stand? / Time flyes, Our Glory fades, & Death's at hand.'" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/82811 Accessed: 2024-03-29 14:48:17

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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/82811 |title=What's Humane Life, where nothing long can stand? / Time flyes, Our Glory fades, & Death's at hand.' |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-03-29 14:48:17|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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