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O Tempora, O Mores!: 34.14-326

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

O Tempora, O Mores!

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Alken, Samuel
Draughtsman: Rowlandson, Thomas (After)

Entities

Categories

Description

Two older men enter a student's room to discover three students asleep at a table after a night's drinking.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1787

Note

Trimmed to borderline, all lettering removed.

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Aquatint
Hand colouring
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 34.14-326
Primary reference Number: 186112
Stephens/George: undescribed
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Wednesday 11 January 2012 Updated: Tuesday 5 May 2015 Last processed: Friday 8 December 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) "O Tempora, O Mores!" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/186112 Accessed: 2024-11-26 22:21:42

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/186112 |title=O Tempora, O Mores! |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-26 22:21:42|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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