{"object":[{"sourceId":{"label":"Source ID","value":"142"},"copyright":{"label":"Copyright","value":"The American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain."},"creditline":{"label":"Credit Line","value":"Gift of Mrs. John H. Heminway"},"endDate":{"label":"End Date","value":"1915"},"sortNumber":{"label":"Sort Number","value":"1964     2    1"},"invno":{"label":"Accession number","value":"1964.2.1"},"description":{"label":"Description","value":"Trade Figure"},"medium":{"label":"Medium","value":"Paint on wood with metal and hair"},"geographyPlaceregion":{"label":"Place/Region","value":""},"media":{"label":"Media","value":{"mediaURL":"https://collection.folkartmuseum.org/internal/media/dispatcher/433/full","mediaDepartment":"Object Photographs","mediaType":"Image","mediaId":"433"}},"title":{"label":"Title","value":"Father Time"},"geographyCity":{"value":""},"textEntriesWebsitedisplaytext":{"value":["The image of Father Time appeared in North America at least as early as 1678, in the carving of a gravestone for Joseph Tapping in the burial ground of King\u2019s Chapel, in Boston. The gravestone\u2019s unidentified Charlestown, Massachusetts, carver borrowed the image from Hieroglyphiques of the Life of Man, an emblem book by the English poet Francis Quarles (1592\u20131644) that was published in London in 1638. Because the figure of Father Time traditionally refers to the impermanence of human life and endeavor, early New England stonecarvers often incorporated it into their gravestone designs.By longstanding convention, Father Time is depicted as a winged, bearded figure holding an hourglass and scythe or sickle. It is believed that the image is related to classical portraits of Kronos, one of the Titans of Greek mythology. An agricultural deity, Kronos is generally shown with a scythe.Although the purpose of this mysterious representation of Father Time is undetermined, it probably was a shop figure. When discovered in Utica, New York, in the 1950s, it was being used to announce the arrival of customers in a second-hand store. Originally articulated, with a trip lever in a spring-wound clock mechanism at its base, the right hand moved, permitting the sickle to hit the suspended bell. Other American shop figures portraying Father Time are known, including one, made about 1790, from the famous Boston shop of John and Simeon Skillin.Gerard C. Wertkin, \"Father Time,\" in Stacy C. Hollander, American Anthem: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with American Folk Art Museum, 2001), 363-64.","Trade figure"]},"bibliography":{"label":"Bibliography","value":"Treasures of Folk Art: Museum of American Folk Art"},"collections":{"label":"Collections","value":"Three Dimensional Works"},"geography":{"label":"Geography","value":""},"id":{"label":"Id","value":"152297"},"geographyState":{"value":"New York"},"geographyCountry":{"value":"United States"},"onview":{"label":"On View","value":"0"},"people":{"label":"Artist / Maker","value":{"displayOrder":"1","personRole":"Artist","personID":"103","content":"Artist unidentified"}},"classifications":{"label":"Classification(s)","value":"Architecture"},"textEntries":{"label":"Text Entries","value":["The image of Father Time appeared in North America at least as early as 1678, in the carving of a gravestone for Joseph Tapping in the burial ground of King\u2019s Chapel, in Boston. The gravestone\u2019s unidentified Charlestown, Massachusetts, carver borrowed the image from Hieroglyphiques of the Life of Man, an emblem book by the English poet Francis Quarles (1592\u20131644) that was published in London in 1638. Because the figure of Father Time traditionally refers to the impermanence of human life and endeavor, early New England stonecarvers often incorporated it into their gravestone designs.By longstanding convention, Father Time is depicted as a winged, bearded figure holding an hourglass and scythe or sickle. It is believed that the image is related to classical portraits of Kronos, one of the Titans of Greek mythology. An agricultural deity, Kronos is generally shown with a scythe.Although the purpose of this mysterious representation of Father Time is undetermined, it probably was a shop figure. When discovered in Utica, New York, in the 1950s, it was being used to announce the arrival of customers in a second-hand store. Originally articulated, with a trip lever in a spring-wound clock mechanism at its base, the right hand moved, permitting the sickle to hit the suspended bell. Other American shop figures portraying Father Time are known, including one, made about 1790, from the famous Boston shop of John and Simeon Skillin.Gerard C. Wertkin, \"Father Time,\" in Stacy C. Hollander, American Anthem: Masterworks from the American Folk Art Museum (New York: Harry N. Abrams in association with American Folk Art Museum, 2001), 363-64.","Trade figure"]},"beginDate":{"label":"Begin Date","value":"1905"},"displayDate":{"label":"Date","value":"c. 1910"},"exhibitions":{"label":"Exhibitions","value":[{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Wednesday, November 17, 1999 - Sunday, November 21, 1999","exhibitionEndISODate":"2000-05-14","exhibitionID":"96","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1999-11-17","exhibitionBeginDate":"1999","exhibitionTitle":"Millennial Dreams","exhibitionEndDate":"2000"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Thursday, April 13, 1989 - Sunday, July 16, 1989","exhibitionEndISODate":"1989-07-16","exhibitionID":"7","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1989-04-13","exhibitionBeginDate":"1989","exhibitionTitle":"Expressions of A New Spirit","exhibitionEndDate":"1989"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Tuesday, September 11, 1979 - Sunday, September 16, 1979","exhibitionEndISODate":"1979-09-16","exhibitionID":"400","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1979-09-11","exhibitionBeginDate":"1979","exhibitionTitle":"Classics from the Collection of the Museum of American Folk Art","exhibitionEndDate":"1979"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Wednesday, November 25, 1981 - Sunday, September 19, 1982","exhibitionEndISODate":"1982-09-19","exhibitionID":"272","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1981-11-25","exhibitionBeginDate":"1981","exhibitionTitle":"A Selection from the Permanent Collection","exhibitionEndDate":"1982"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Sunday, May 11, 1997 - Sunday, April 12, 1998","exhibitionEndISODate":"1998-04-12","exhibitionID":"378","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1997-05-11","exhibitionBeginDate":"1997","exhibitionTitle":"The Image Business","exhibitionEndDate":"1998"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Wednesday, April 2, 1975 - Sunday, June 1, 1975","exhibitionEndISODate":"1975-06-01","exhibitionID":"260","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1975-04-02","exhibitionBeginDate":"1975","exhibitionTitle":"Wood Sculpture of New York State","exhibitionEndDate":"1975"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Monday, January 17, 1972 - Tuesday, February 29, 1972","exhibitionEndISODate":"1972-02-29","exhibitionID":"217","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1972-01-17","exhibitionBeginDate":"1972","exhibitionTitle":"A Retrospective Look","exhibitionEndDate":"1972"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Tuesday, April 18, 1978 - Sunday, June 11, 1978","exhibitionEndISODate":"1978-06-11","exhibitionID":"109","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1978-04-18","exhibitionBeginDate":"1978","exhibitionTitle":"Selections from the Permanent Collection","exhibitionEndDate":"1978"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Sunday, September 14, 1980 - Sunday, December 7, 1980","exhibitionEndISODate":"1980-12-07","exhibitionID":"329","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1980-09-14","exhibitionBeginDate":"1980","exhibitionTitle":"American Folk Art \u2013 The View from New York","exhibitionEndDate":"1980"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"1983-1988","exhibitionEndISODate":"1988","exhibitionID":"292","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1983","exhibitionBeginDate":"1983","exhibitionTitle":"American Folk Art: Expressions of a New Spirit","exhibitionEndDate":"1988"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Thursday, July 11, 2002 - Sunday, January 5, 2003","exhibitionEndISODate":"2003-01-26","exhibitionID":"73","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2002-07-11","exhibitionBeginDate":"2002","exhibitionTitle":"American Anthem","exhibitionEndDate":"2003"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Tuesday, December 3, 1963 - Monday, March 2, 1964","exhibitionEndISODate":"1964-03-02","exhibitionID":"11","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1963-12-03","exhibitionBeginDate":"1963","exhibitionTitle":"Toys and Amusements","exhibitionEndDate":"1964"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - Sunday, October 7, 2012","exhibitionEndISODate":"2012-10-07","exhibitionID":"151","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"2012-06-20","exhibitionBeginDate":"2012","exhibitionTitle":"COMPASS: Folk Art in Four Directions","exhibitionEndDate":"2012"},{"exhibitionDisplayDate":"Saturday, January 11, 1997 - Sunday, April 13, 1997","exhibitionEndISODate":"1997-04-13","exhibitionID":"77","exhibitionISOBeginDate":"1997-01-11","exhibitionBeginDate":"1997","exhibitionTitle":"Sign Sculpture","exhibitionEndDate":"1997"}]},"dimensions":{"label":"Dimensions","value":"52 1/8 × 13 7/8 × 14 1/2\""}}]}