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Age and Avarice: P.284-1940

Object information

Awaiting location update

Titles

Age and Avarice

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Bowles, Carington
Publisher: Bowles, Carington
Painter: Teniers, David II (After)

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Given by Louis C. G. Clarke, Trinity Hall, December 1940

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1940) by Clarke, Louis Colville Gray

Dating

18th Century
Circa 1766 - Circa 1793

Note

Inscriptions on bottom "Shou'd one Short Guinea here be found, Within a Hundred Thousand Pound; These sordid Elves (for all their Store) Wou'd fret as if they had no more." and "Printed for Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard London."

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Mezzotint

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.284-1940
Primary reference Number: 206176
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Thursday 13 August 2015 Updated: Friday 28 August 2015 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Age and Avarice" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/206176 Accessed: 2024-12-18 09:53:13

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