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Time

Also known as: Time; primary name: Time; other name: Kronos; other name: Old Father Time; other name: Saturn; other name: Tempus
Details: individual; personification/emblem; Male
Biography: Personification of Time; sometimes identified as Kronos/Saturn (q.v.). Attributes a scythe and hourglass.

363 related objects

automaton clock; half-hour-striking clock; table clock; thirty-hour clock; spring-driven clock; clock-case

Museum number: 1958,1006.2057 |
Production date: 1645-1655 |
Production place: Made in:England

banknote

Museum number: 2008,4157.27 |
Authority: BIOG117033 Issuer:Ville De Gand |
Production date: 1917 |
Production place: Issued in:Ghent

box; print

Museum number: 1890,1213.12 |
Producer name: BIOG75219 Made by:I M Morikofer

brooch

Museum number: 1978,1002.379 |
Production date: 1809 |
Production place: Made in:England

calendar watch; watch-case

Museum number: 1958,1201.845 |
Producer name: Made by:BestCase made by:Laura Aveline |
Production date: 1774 |
Production place: Made in:London (England)Case made in:London (England)

cameo

Museum number: 1887,0307,I.247 |
Producer name: BIOG81101 Factory of:Wedgwood |
Production place: Factory in:Etruria (England)

cameo

Museum number: 1887,0307,I.255 |
Producer name: BIOG81101 Factory of:Wedgwood |
Production place: Factory in:Etruria (England)

counter-box

Museum number: 1890,0716.4 |
Producer name: BIOG73455 Made by:David Le Marchand |
Production date: 1696 |
Production place: Made in:Edinburgh

drawing

Museum number: 1865,0610.1366 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1718

drawing

Museum number: SL,5214.244 |
Producer name: BIOG28467 Drawn by:Luigi Garzi |
Production date: 1653-1721

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1884,0726.40.110 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1699-1716

drawing

Museum number: 1957,0221.2 |
Producer name: BIOG21002 Drawn by:William Henry Brooke |
Production date: 1772-1860

drawing

Museum number: 1949,0411.56 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1714-1718

drawing; print study

Museum number: 2000,0722.13 |
Producer name: BIOG52535 Drawn by:Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl |
Production date: 1888

drawing; letter

Museum number: 2000,1125.2 |
Producer name: BIOG52485 Drawn by:Erich Kahn |
Production date: 1951

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1884,0726.40.2 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1699-1716

drawing

Museum number: 1853,0813.30 |
Producer name: Drawn by:AnonymousFormerly attributed to:Giovanni Francesco Romanelli |
Production date: 17thC

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1884,0726.40.1 |
Producer name: BIOG48458 Drawn by:Sir James Thornhill |
Production date: 1699

drawing; sketch-book

Museum number: 1884,0726.40.114 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Sir James ThornhillAfter:Antonio Verrio |
Production date: 1699-1716

drawing; fan

Museum number: 1891,0713.59 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1689-1702

figure

Museum number: 1936,0715.126.CR |
Producer name: BIOG68368 Factory of:Derby Porcelain Factory |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Factory in:Derby (Derbyshire)

figurine

Museum number: Am1989,12.81 |
Producer name: BIOG160855 Made by:Linares family |
Production date: 1980s |
Production place: Made in:Mexico

figurine

Museum number: Am1989,12.92 |
Producer name: BIOG160866 Made by:Saulo Moreno |
Production date: 1980s |
Production place: Made in:Tlalpujahua

intaglio

Museum number: 1900,0623.397 |
Producer name: Made by:James TassieMade by:William Tassie |
Production date: 18thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:London (England)

medal

Museum number: SSB,245.178 |
Producer name: Designed by:Peter KempsonDesigned by:John Gregory Hancock |
Production date: 1801 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: G3,FD.386 |
Producer name: BIOG109320 Designed by:George Hautsch |
Production date: 1692 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal; electrotype

Museum number: M.9530 |
Producer name: BIOG103035 Designed by:Robert Arondeaux |
Production date: 1700

medal

Museum number: 1914,0313.3 |
Producer name: BIOG103035 Designed by:Robert Arondeaux |
Production date: 1700 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.5174 |
Producer name: Designed by:Peter KempsonDesigned by:John Gregory Hancock |
Production date: 1801 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.4747 |
Production date: 1768 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.7998 |
Production date: 1702 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: G3,EM.138 |
Producer name: BIOG104482 Designed by:George Bower |
Production date: 1689 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: BNK,EngM.215 |
Production date: 1768 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal; case

Museum number: 1990,1214.1 |
Producer name: Designed by:A AllarDie Engraved or Modelled for Reducing Machine:A Allar |
Production date: 1889 |
Production place: Made in:Paris (France)

medal

Museum number: G3,FD.419 |
Producer name: BIOG106551 Designed by:D De Wys |
Production date: 1713 |
Production place: Made in:Amsterdam (Netherlands)

medal

Museum number: G3,EMDass.15 |
Producer name: BIOG106465 Designed by:Jean Dassier |
Production date: 1731 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: 1958,1006.2976

medal

Museum number: G3,IP.635 |
Producer name: BIOG104401 Attributed to the Manner of:Pier Jacopo di Antonio Alari Bonacolsi |
Production date: 1504 |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: M.5200 |
Producer name: Designed by:John Gregory HancockDesigned by:Samuel Kindon |
Production date: 1803 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medallion

Museum number: OA.1367

papercut

Museum number: 1878,0914.127 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC

papercut

Museum number: 1878,0914.126 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Drawn by:Anonymous |
Production date: 18thC

plaquette

Museum number: 1923,0717.2 |
Producer name: BIOG70099 Made by:Hans Gar |
Production date: 1570 |
Production place: Made in:Germany

plaquette

Museum number: OA.4361 |
Producer name: BIOG77142 Made by:I P Ramline

plaquette

Museum number: 1915,1216.271 |
Production date: 16thC(late) |
Production place: Made in:Germany

plaquette

Museum number: SLSeals.208 |
Producer name: BIOG70099 Made by:Hans Gar |
Production date: 1570 |
Production place: Made in:Germany

print

Title: Joh: Cunradus Schäfferus ... |
Museum number: Bb,13.690 |
Producer name: BIOG45500 Print made by:Johann Jacob Schollenberger |
Production date: 1669

print

Museum number: U,4.166 |
Producer name: BIOG24224 Print made by:Francesco Curti |
Production date: 1635

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,1231.5746 |
Producer name: After:Louis Léopold BoillyAttributed to:William Thomas Fry |
Production date: 1829

print

Title: Father Time |
Museum number: 1921,0819.15 |
Producer name: BIOG47559 Print made by:William Strang |
Production date: 1899

print

Museum number: 1870,0709.949 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter TanjéAfter:Adriaen van der Werff |
Production date: 1722

print; satirical print; broadside

Title: This Burden backe to Rome ... |
Museum number: Ee,2.101 |
Producer name: BIOG31869 Print made by:Wenceslaus Hollar |
Production date: 1641

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0114.316 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jean EdelinckAfter:Henri Watelé |
Production date: 1660-1680

print; document

Museum number: D,2.704 |
Producer name: BIOG17563 Print made by:M Archer |
Production date: 1785

print

Museum number: 1869,0410.2444 |
Producer name: BIOG29034 Print made by:Francesco Giovane |
Production date: 1640-1670

print

Title: Joh: Cunradus Schäfferus ... |
Museum number: Bb,11.434 |
Producer name: BIOG45500 Print made by:Johann Jacob Schollenberger |
Production date: 1669

print

Title: Felicitatis et opulentie typus Allegories of diligence and sloth |
Museum number: 1868,0612.2055 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1600 |
Production place: Published in:Cologne (city)

print

Museum number: 1859,1008.346 |
Producer name: BIOG26188 Print made by:Edward Edwards |
Production date: 1767

print

Title: Omnia vincit Amor vincit mox Tempus Amorem |
Museum number: 1876,1111.70 |
Producer name: Print made by:AnonymousAfter:François Perrier |
Production date: 1680-1700

print

Museum number: 1898,0527.235 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1794-1820

print; almanac; satirical print

Title: The Calendar |
Museum number: 1912,0612.281 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Joseph SwainAfter:Edward Linley Sambourne |
Production date: 1885

print; book-illustration

Title: It ever turns |
Museum number: 1934,0310.1 |
Producer name: BIOG25628 Print made by:John Drapentier |
Production date: 1674-1700

print

Museum number: 1868,0822.7355 |
Producer name: Print made by:Pieter TanjéAfter:Adriaen van der Werff |
Production date: 1722

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.2219 |
Producer name: Print made by:James McArdellAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1744-1765

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1873,0510.1971 |
Producer name: BIOG41925 After:Bernard Picart |
Production date: 1724-1726

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.2220 |
Producer name: Print made by:James McArdellAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1744-1765

print

Museum number: 1873,0809.156 |
Producer name: Print made by:James McArdellAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1740-1765

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,1211.418.17 |
Producer name: After:Thomas Falcon MarshallBlock cut by:Edward Dalziel |
Production date: 1848

print

Museum number: 1875,0710.2759 |
Producer name: Print made by:James McArdellAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1740-1765

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Samuel Faber Gymn. Ægeid. Noriberg. Rector... |
Museum number: Bb,14.295 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1716-1730

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Pendule en marbre blanc |
Museum number: 1881,0813.86 |
Producer name: After:Augustin PajouPrint made by:Désiré Mathieu Quesnel |
Production date: 1870-1881

print

Museum number: 1935,0520.89 |
Producer name: Print made by:Boëtius Adamsz. BolswertAfter:David Vinckboons |
Production date: 1610

print; thesis engraving

Title: La Vérité recherchée par les philosophes |
Museum number: 1917,1208.1490 |
Producer name: Print made by:Bernard PicartPublished by:Bernard Picart |
Production date: 1707 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; satirical print

Title: En faction Actualités |
Museum number: 1918,0511.304 |
Producer name: Print made by:Honoré DaumierPrinted by:Destouches |
Production date: 1867 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)Printed in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1874,0808.1710 |
Producer name: Print made by:Bernard PicartAfter:Carlo Maratti |
Production date: 1680-1710 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print

Museum number: 1958,1006.2893 |
Producer name: Print made by:Raphael Sadeler IAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1582

print

Museum number: O,5.45 |
Producer name: Print made by:Aegidius Sadeler IIAfter:Bartholomeus Spranger |
Production date: 1600

print

Title: La mort a révélé le secret de sa vie |
Museum number: 2014,7015.1 |
Producer name: Print made by:Gilles DemarteauAfter:Charles Nicolas Cochin fils |
Production date: 1767 |
Production place: Published in:Paris (France)

print; satirical print

Title: The Tea Tax Tempest, or the Anglo-American Revolution |
Museum number: 1868,0808.4944 |
Producer name: BIOG30137 Print made by:Carl Guttenberg |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:Nuremberg

print

Title: Diligentiæ et Sedulitatis typus Allegories of diligence and sloth |
Museum number: 1868,0612.2054 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1600 |
Production place: Published in:Cologne (city)

print; ticket

Museum number: 1897,1231.498 |
Producer name: BIOG220066 Published by:John Ryland |
Production date: 1770-1779 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: Scotch Paradice a View of the Bute full Garden of Eden borough |
Museum number: J,1.41 |
Producer name: After:Jefferyes Hamett O'NealePublished by:Edward Sumpter |
Production date: 1763 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Rome and Time |
Museum number: 1891,1116.165 |
Producer name: Print made by:Filippo PistrucciPublished by:A Ducôte |
Production date: 1830-1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Time discovers Truth |
Museum number: 1879,0614.530 |
Producer name: After:Peter Paul RubensPrint made by:William Bernard Cooke |
Production date: 1807 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Revolving State Or the Reward for Negligence |
Museum number: 1868,0808.4022 |
Producer name: BIOG168741 Published by:Thomas Ewart |
Production date: 1756 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1857,0613.1149 |
Producer name: BIOG36549 Print made by:Johann Sebastian Müller |
Production date: 1758 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Time Clipping the Wings of Love |
Museum number: 1893,1018.66 |
Producer name: Print made by:Valentine GreenAfter:Anthony van Dyck |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; frontispiece

Museum number: 1882,0411.1323 |
Producer name: BIOG36549 Print made by:Johann Sebastian Müller |
Production date: 1758 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; broadside

Title: Des Bisschops van Cantelberghs Morgenwecker... |
Museum number: 1868,0808.3357 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1645

print

Title: Rome and Time |
Museum number: 1891,1116.164 |
Producer name: Print made by:Filippo PistrucciPublished by:A Ducôte |
Production date: 1830-1835 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Museum number: 1895,1031.258 |
Producer name: BIOG25667 Print made by:John Droeshout |
Production date: 1651 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Museum number: 1895,1031.260 |
Producer name: BIOG25668 Print made by:Martin Droeshout |
Production date: 1631 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Love Triumphant |
Museum number: 1911,1221.13 |
Producer name: After:George Frederick WattsPrint made by:Emery Walker |
Production date: 1909 |
Production place: Published in:SurreyPublished in:London (England)

print

Title: The Battle of Death |
Museum number: 1872,0608.57 |
Producer name: Published by:William HerbertAfter:David Vinckboons |
Production date: 1750 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A collection of prints, after the sketches and drawings of the late celebrated Giovanni Battista Cip |
Museum number: 1861,0518.354 |
Producer name: Print made by:Richard EarlomAfter:Giovanni Battista Cipriani |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; title-page

Museum number: 1871,1209.125 |
Producer name: Published by:James MacgowanPublished by:William Davis |
Production date: 1780 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Ruina Theatrum Vitæ Humanæ |
Museum number: 1877,0811.1148 |
Producer name: Print made by:Johannes WierixAfter:Hans Vredeman de Vries |
Production date: 1577 |
Production place: Published in:Antwerp (city)

print; satirical print

Title: The Tea Tax Tempest, or the Anglo-American Revolution |
Museum number: 1867,1214.139 |
Producer name: BIOG30137 Print made by:Carl Guttenberg |
Production date: 1778 |
Production place: Published in:Nuremberg

print

Title: Negligentie et Socordie typ[us] Allegories of diligence and sloth |
Museum number: 1868,0612.2056 |
Producer name: Print made by:Crispijn de Passe the ElderAfter:Maarten de Vos |
Production date: 1600 |
Production place: Published in:Cologne (city)

print; thesis engraving

Museum number: 1917,1208.2308.1-2 |
Producer name: Print made by:François de Poilly IAfter:Pierre Mignard |
Production date: 1680