Here’s a wood engraving by Thomas Bewick showing Father Time with all his traditional attributes: long white beard to show his age, scanty drapes the better to look Classical, wings because Time flies, a scythe because he’s conflated with the Grim Reaper, and an hourglass for the passage of time. As an allegorical figure, Father Time has been around for centuries, but as a symbol for the year he’s now replaced by Baby New Year. So, may your new year be full of joy, kindness, surprises, sufficiency, wonder, and love.
[Picture:
There’s No Tomorrow, wood engraving by Thomas Bewick from
Select Fables, before 1784 (Image from
Internet Archive).]
Great post.thank you so much.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you, too!
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