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Thomas Bewick

Thomas-Bewick-hanged-man

Thomas Bewick‘s wood engraving ‘Hanged man’ (early 19th C.)


William Hogarth

William Hogarth's 'Time Smoking a Picture'

William Hogarth‘s ‘Time smoking a picture’ (1822)

The quotation in Greek written on the upper part of the frame reads, “Time is not a great artist but weakens all he touches.”