Putti with the symbols of the planets Saturn, Jupiter and Mercury, carry a ring or wheel with the hours of day and night They are helped by the winged head of an old man, possibly Father Time Below is Death at the edge of a city Above a three-line text in Latin and below a three-line text in German, The hour Hora Die Stunde Zinnebeelden , print maker: Jeremias Wachsmuth, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Gottfried Eichler (II), (mentioned on object), publisher: Johann Georg Hertel (I), (mentioned on object), Augsburg, c. 1758 - c. 1760, paper, etching, h 194 mm × w 127 mm


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