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We have no time to lose^ "Keep `em rolling." The railroads are the backbone of offense. - NARA - 535163

We have no time to lose^ "Keep `em rolling." The railroads are the bac...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem - An Allegory of Vanitas

Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem - An Allegory of Vanitas

Public domain reproduction of artwork, 17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Fotothek df tg 0008591 Ständebuch ^ Beruf ^ Handwerk ^ Sanduhr ^ Uhr ^ Uhrmacher

Fotothek df tg 0008591 Ständebuch ^ Beruf ^ Handwerk ^ Sanduhr ^ Uhr ^...

Original image description from the Deutsche FotothekStändebuch & Beruf & Handwerk & Sanduhr & Uhr & Uhrmacher

Untitled (Hourglass)-1970.355.764 1

Untitled (Hourglass)-1970.355.764 1

Direct capture Public domain photograph of 19th-century American painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

We have no time to lose^ "Keep `em rolling." The railroads are the backbone of offense. - NARA - 535163

We have no time to lose^ "Keep `em rolling." The railroads are the bac...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Minchiate card deck - Florence - 1860-1890 - Trumps - 11 - Il Gobbo

Minchiate card deck - Florence - 1860-1890 - Trumps - 11 - Il Gobbo

Minchiate card deck (Florence, 1860-1890): trump XI - Il Gobbo

ONL (1887) 1.370 - Pulpit Hour-glass

ONL (1887) 1.370 - Pulpit Hour-glass

Hour-glass in a brass frame, attached to a long stem, that rested opposite the pulpit at St Alban, Wood Street for the preacher to measure his sermon (and his listeners' patience) by.

Thomas Rowlandson - Death Turned Pilot - Google Art Project

Thomas Rowlandson - Death Turned Pilot - Google Art Project

Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors, a popular artist in the Regency period in England.

Ambrogio Lorenzetti 002-detail-Temperance

Ambrogio Lorenzetti 002-detail-Temperance

Public domain reproduction of artwork, 14ht-15th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Hourglass - Pearson Scott Foresman Archives
Giovanni-Paolo-Marana-Espion-turc MG 9418

Giovanni-Paolo-Marana-Espion-turc MG 9418

"Mehemet Espion Turc Aet Suae LXXII Tome 1" (age 72, writer in his study, quill in hand, bookscrolls on the floor, globe, painting on the wall)Nederlands: "Mehemet Espion Turc Aet Suae LXXII Tome premier (=1)" ... More

Hugo-de-Groot-De-jure-belli-ac-pacis-libri-tres MG 0239

Hugo-de-Groot-De-jure-belli-ac-pacis-libri-tres MG 0239

Title page. On a dais in a circular classical temple with four column in composite style on a coast a radiant lady and two men, a warrior with a sword and a man with a laurel wreath on his head holding scissors... More

Jean-Jacques-Chifflet-Recueil-des-traittez-de-paix MG 1210

Jean-Jacques-Chifflet-Recueil-des-traittez-de-paix MG 1210

Title page. Three medallions: 1530 Marg. Belg. Gub. (= Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy) with peacock, Carol V Aug.( = Charles V), Philippus II Hispp. Reg. (= King Philip II of Spain). Male angels with sti... More

Johann-Gottfried-de-Meier-Johann-Ludolph-Walther-Acta-pacis-Westphalicæ MG 1264

Johann-Gottfried-de-Meier-Johann-Ludolph-Walther-Acta-pacis-Westphalic...

Two female angels with a host of putti, some holding torches, in a library consisting of various rooms. A third angel (man?) with scythe and hourglass.Nederlands: Bibliotheek met twee vrouwelijke engelen en vel... More

Philippe-de-Commynes-sieur-d'Argenton-et-al-Mémoires-de-messire-Philippe-de-Comines MG 1107

Philippe-de-Commynes-sieur-d'Argenton-et-al-Mémoires-de-messire-Philip...

Book illustration, frontispiece? Interior of a classical building with Acanthus pillar capitals. Mercurius wearing his winged hat (petasos) and shoes (talaria) in the air and an angel on the floor arrange portr... More

De dood met pijl en zandloper. NL-HlmNHA 53012599

De dood met pijl en zandloper. NL-HlmNHA 53012599

Nederlands: CollectieVoorhelm SchneevoogtInventarisnummerNL-HlmNHA_53012599BeschrijvingDe dood met pijl en zandloper.Achttiende en laatste prent van de genummerde serie Spiegel der ijdelheid, van 18 prenten me... More

Kind met tamboerijn en zandloper. NL-HlmNHA 1477 53010799

Kind met tamboerijn en zandloper. NL-HlmNHA 1477 53010799

Nederlands: CollectieVoorhelm SchneevoogtInventarisnummerNL-HlmNHA_1477_53010799BeschrijvingKind met tamboerijn en zandloper.Een kind, zittend op een plint in een landschap, speelt op een tamboerijn. Voor hem e... More

Time is short, Adolph^ - NARA - 534874

Time is short, Adolph^ - NARA - 534874

Public domain photograph of a poster, United States government propaganda, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Moiroux - Le cimetière du Père Lachaise, 1908 (page 411 crop)
The Hour-Glass - A painting of a woman sitting in a chair

The Hour-Glass - A painting of a woman sitting in a chair

Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Orbis Pictus b 158

Orbis Pictus b 158

John Amos Comenius: Orbis Pictus Author Johann Amos Comenius Start this Book Title Orbis sensualium pictus Deutsch: Die sichtbare Welt Publisher Michael Endter Object type written work  Language ge... More

Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, January 2, 1930 (7960420280)

Illustrated front cover from The Queenslander, January 2, 1930 (796042...

Photographer: unidentified Location:Queensland Description: Father Time watches the hourglass while holding a calendar for the new year of 1930. The calendar for 1929 has been discarded in the waste paper bask... More

Sebald Beham Dame und der Tod, Galerie Bassenge

Sebald Beham Dame und der Tod, Galerie Bassenge

Public domain reproduction of art print, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The baby, the skull and the hourglass

The baby, the skull and the hourglass

Relief of a baby with his hand upon a skull, with an hourglass in the background. It symbolize running time. This relied is on the lower right of the astronomical clock of the cathedral of Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin... More

The baby, the skull and the hourglass 2

The baby, the skull and the hourglass 2

Relief of a baby with his hand upon a skull, with an hourglass in the background. It symbolize running time. This relied is on the lower right of the astronomical clock of the cathedral of Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin... More

1800 Gang durch die Glaskugel anagoria

1800 Gang durch die Glaskugel anagoria

"Passage through the Glass Globe"; Allegory for the passage through life Deutsch: "Gang durch die Glaskugel". Allegorie für den Gang durch das Leben und das Altern. Français : "Passage par le globe en verre"... More

Ignaz Günther Chronos BNM img02

Ignaz Günther Chronos BNM img02

Chronos, um 1765-75, Lindenholz weiß gefasst (wahrscheinlich Bekrönung eines Uhrengehäuses) Bayerisches Nationalmuseum München

Fam His 051 coat of arms

Fam His 051 coat of arms

A historiated initial I along with ornaments including an hourglass and an illustration of the Devil and a spendthrift gentleman who had used up the entirety of his inheritance. "On a time, hee being alone f... More

Fam His 051 Border

Fam His 051 Border

The border from FamHis051.png.

Fam His 057

Fam His 057

A full-page illustration of Miles, Roger Bacon's servant, with his Brazen Head. "Miles, to keepe him[self] from sleeping, got a tabor and pipe, and being merry disposed, sung this song..." (p. 56)

Fam His 062 coat of arms - Drawing. Public domain image.

Fam His 062 coat of arms - Drawing. Public domain image.

A historiated initial I featuring a medieval French city in flames, surrounded by vines including a dragon, a shield with the French coat of arms, and a sword and an illustration of Roger Bacon talking to Henr... More

Fam His 062 Pic - Drawing. Public domain image.

Fam His 062 Pic - Drawing. Public domain image.

An illustration of Roger Bacon talking to Henry III with a guard."...it did chance that the King of England (for some cause best knowne to himselfe) went into France with a great armie, where after many victor... More

Fam His 092

Fam His 092

A tailpiece of a man's face flanked by a nude woman fleeing a demon."The sonne of him that was downe, could then containe himself no longer, but told the other young man, that his father had received wrong." (p. 91)

Govard Bidloo t87 - Public domain  engraving

Govard Bidloo t87 - Public domain engraving

Ontleding des menschelyken lichaams... Amsterdam, 1690. Copperplate engraving with etching. National Library of Medicine. Portrait of Govard Bidloo (1649-1713) by the artist Gérard de Lairesse (1640-1711). Fur... More

Image taken from page 170 of 'Boating in Bavaria, Austria, and Bohemia, down the Danube, Moldau and Elbe. By Rev. A. F. R. Bird ... and the rest of the boat's crew. (With illustrations.)' (11127731436)

Image taken from page 170 of 'Boating in Bavaria, Austria, and Bohemia...

Image taken from: Title: "Boating in Bavaria, Austria, and Bohemia, down the Danube, Moldau and Elbe. By Rev. A. F. R. Bird ... and the rest of the boat's crew. [With illustrations.]" Author: BIRD, Arthur Frede... More

B. M. Chamberlain & Son, Elgin watches. front

B. M. Chamberlain & Son, Elgin watches. front

File name: 10_03_002589a Binder label: Shoes Title: B. M. Chamberlain & Son, Elgin watches. [front] Date issued: 1870 - 1900 (approximate) Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 18 x 11 cm. Genre: A... More

Khnopff Sablier - A drawing of an angel holding a wine glass

Khnopff Sablier - A drawing of an angel holding a wine glass

Picryl description: Public domain image of a beautiful creature, angel, wings, mythological scene, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Die Gartenlaube (1887) b 888

Die Gartenlaube (1887) b 888

Bild aus Seite 888 in "Die Gartenlaube". Image from page 888 of journal Die Gartenlaube, 1887. Deutsch: keine Bildunterschrift English: no caption

Judge Magazine 8 Aug 1925 - A woman in a red dress standing next to a hourglass

Judge Magazine 8 Aug 1925 - A woman in a red dress standing next to a ...

Judge Magazine Cover (8 Aug 1925) Public domain photograph - Judge magazine cover, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The God of Passing Time (Eyrignac)

The God of Passing Time (Eyrignac)

Statuette called "The God of Passing Time", found in the gardens of Eyrignac Manor, in Dordogne (France), during terracing works during the XXth century. The God is represented with a urn under his left arm an... More

Visconti-sforza-09-time - Public domain book illustration painting

Visconti-sforza-09-time - Public domain book illustration painting

The Father Time card from the Visconti-Sforza Tarot deck. Public domain reproduction of illuminated medieval manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Charles H. Bennett (illustrator) (3996014781)

Charles H. Bennett (illustrator) (3996014781)

Cover of The Nine Lives of a Cat: A Tale of Wonder - Published by Griffith and Farran, London.

Deutsch Hexe - Public domain  drawing

Deutsch Hexe - Public domain drawing

Public domain image, 16th-17th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

München J Puschkin Starkbierprobe

München J Puschkin Starkbierprobe

Deutsch: Künstlerische Darstellung einer historischen Bierprobe für Starkbier: Im Bier war genügend klebriger Malzzucker enthalten, wenn eine Holzbank, über die das Bier verschüttet worden war, nach ein bis zw... More

Sint-Pauluskerk Antwerpen 21 08 2010 27

Sint-Pauluskerk Antwerpen 21 08 2010 27

A confessional in Sint-Pauluskerk,in Antwerp. Wood carving by Pieter Verbrugghen I, 17th century (between 1658 and 1660). Detail: an angel holding an hourglass, as a symbol of Time. Français : Confessional da... More

Sint-Pauluskerk Antwerpen 21 08 2010 28

Sint-Pauluskerk Antwerpen 21 08 2010 28

A confessional in Sint-Pauluskerk,in Antwerp. Wood carving by Pieter Verbrugghen I, 17th century (between 1658 and 1660). Detail: an angel holding an hourglass, as a symbol of Time. Français : Confessional da... More

Teschio clessidra libri e candela

Teschio clessidra libri e candela

Skull, hourglass, books and candle Italiano: Teschio, clessidra, libri e candela

Historisches Museum Basel Tod mit Sandhur 25102013

Historisches Museum Basel Tod mit Sandhur 25102013

Death with sandglass, circa 1600. Historisches Museum in Basel.

New York Nursery and Child's Hospital Annual Report (1910) (14745079586)

New York Nursery and Child's Hospital Annual Report (1910) (1474507958...

Identifier: newyorknurserych1910newy (find matches) Title: New York Nursery and Child's Hospital Annual Report Year: 1910 (1910s) Authors: New York Nursery and Child's Hospital Subjects: New York Nursery an... More