The Pleasures of the World are Like Smoke and Like Ice Turning into Water

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The Pleasures of the World are Like Smoke and Like Ice Turning into Water
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The Pleasures of the World are Like Smoke and Like Ice Turning into Water

PortfolioMoral Allegories
Date1580
MediumEtching
DimensionsPlate (trimmed within platemark): 71 × 99 mm. (2 13/16 × 3 7/8 in.)
Credit LineGarrett Collection
Object number1946.112.1100
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Last Updated1/11/24
Image Not Available for The Pleasures of the World Resemble a Flower, the Wind, and Moving Waves
The Pleasures of the World Resemble a Flower, the Wind, and Moving Waves
1580
Image Not Available for Sketch from a Camping Trip on the Lower Susquehanna in 1887 (top: figure of a man seated on a rock, amidst trees; bottom: full length study of a boy, standing, washing a skillet). Inscribed: 'Dis mornin I felt jus like selp in ice house' -6-27/Bob/6-28-7'
Sketch from a Camping Trip on the Lower Susquehanna in 1887 (top: figure of a man seated on a rock, amidst trees; bottom: full length study of a boy, standing, washing a skillet). Inscribed: 'Dis mornin I felt jus like selp in ice house' -6-27/Bob/6-28-7'
1887
Image Not Available for The World is Like a Garden of Flowers, Soon Destroyed by Death
The World is Like a Garden of Flowers, Soon Destroyed by Death
1580
Image Not Available for The Chevalier des Adrets is the lover of a woman of the world. He is amiable and fervent, he pretends to be passionate and devoted... one day, an alleged bailiff and an alleged bill of exchange fall like a clap of thunder into the midst of the most tender effusion of feeling... "Oh! My God!! The Baron de Wormspire, a so-called friend, has had the impudence to have me thrown into prison... He's ruined my good fortune, separated me from what I love! Oh! Friends!! What are friends?... There's no such thing as a friend!!!..." The poor woman, poor dupe, casts off her jewels, gives him everything she can, borrows, ruins herself, only to discover too late that her knight is only a knight of industry, a right Robert Macaire.
The Chevalier des Adrets is the lover of a woman of the world. He is amiable and fervent, he pretends to be passionate and devoted... one day, an alleged bailiff and an alleged bill of exchange fall like a clap of thunder into the midst of the most tender effusion of feeling... "Oh! My God!! The Baron de Wormspire, a so-called friend, has had the impudence to have me thrown into prison... He's ruined my good fortune, separated me from what I love! Oh! Friends!! What are friends?... There's no such thing as a friend!!!..." The poor woman, poor dupe, casts off her jewels, gives him everything she can, borrows, ruins herself, only to discover too late that her knight is only a knight of industry, a right Robert Macaire.
1838
Image Not Available for A scientific consultation. - I am satisfied.... I think the potato disease comes from Botrytis... - Yes, that's what's commonly known as a mushroom (fungus). - If we call it a mushroom like the rest of the world, no one will bother calling us scientists!
A scientific consultation. - I am satisfied.... I think the potato disease comes from Botrytis... - Yes, that's what's commonly known as a mushroom (fungus). - If we call it a mushroom like the rest of the world, no one will bother calling us scientists!
1845
Image Not Available for Vignette from "The Various Pleasures of Equitation Illustrated in Twenty-Two Sketches Which All Show Horsemen Being Injured"
Vignette from "The Various Pleasures of Equitation Illustrated in Twenty-Two Sketches Which All Show Horsemen Being Injured"
c. 1830s
Image Not Available for Vignette from "The Various Pleasures of Equitation Illustrated in Twenty-Two Sketches Which All Show Horsemen Being Injured"
Vignette from "The Various Pleasures of Equitation Illustrated in Twenty-Two Sketches Which All Show Horsemen Being Injured"
c. 1830s
Image Not Available for Vignette from "The Various Pleasures of Equitation Illustrated in Twenty-Two Sketches Which All Show Horsemen Being Injured"
Vignette from "The Various Pleasures of Equitation Illustrated in Twenty-Two Sketches Which All Show Horsemen Being Injured"
c. 1830s
Image Not Available for Vignette from "The Various Pleasures of Equitation Illustrated in Twenty-Two Sketches Which All Show Horsemen Being Injured"
Vignette from "The Various Pleasures of Equitation Illustrated in Twenty-Two Sketches Which All Show Horsemen Being Injured"
c. 1830s
Image Not Available for Vignette from "The Various Pleasures of Equitation Illustrated in Twenty-Two Sketches Which All Show Horsemen Being Injured"
Vignette from "The Various Pleasures of Equitation Illustrated in Twenty-Two Sketches Which All Show Horsemen Being Injured"
c. 1830s
Image Not Available for Vignette from "The Various Pleasures of Equitation Illustrated in Twenty-Two Sketches Which All Show Horsemen Being Injured"
Vignette from "The Various Pleasures of Equitation Illustrated in Twenty-Two Sketches Which All Show Horsemen Being Injured"
c. 1830s
Image Not Available for Modern Bucolic Pleasures or Sunday Outside the Gates of Paris
Modern Bucolic Pleasures or Sunday Outside the Gates of Paris
1901