Gallery›Wellcome Collection›A seated figure of History and a figure of Time gesturing towards the socle of a pair of broken columns decorated with portrait ovals. Engraving by C. Duflos, 1722, after J. Desmarets.
A seated figure of History and a figure of Time gesturing towards the socle of a pair of broken columns decorated with portrait ovals. Engraving by C. Duflos, 1722, after J. Desmarets.
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A seated figure of History and a figure of Time gesturing towards the socle of a pair of broken columns decorated with portrait ovals. Engraving by C. Duflos, 1722, after J. Desmarets.

J. Desmarets · 1722

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Le grand dictionaire historique vincit prudentia vines Desmarets del. C. Duflos sculp.

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