Allegorical figure of Time with an hourglass placing masks on the face of a woman and gentleman wearing multiple masks. Satirical engraving of the Perpetual Carnival, the Eternal Masquerade, 18th century. Le Carnaval Perpetuel. Mascarade Universelle. Lithograph after an engraving by Nicolas Guerard from Henry Rene d’Allemagne’s Recreations et Passe-Temps, Games and Pastimes, Hachette, Paris, 1906.

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