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The Female Seven Ages
Wilson's imagery on this instructive fan leaf responds to a famous passage in Shakespeare's "As You Like It" (Act II, Scene VII) that describes the stages of male life from infancy to old age. Expanding the theme to encompass girls and women, the artist here a female subject's progress from babyhood, through scenes centered on a schoolgirl, love-lorn maiden, wife, matron, widow and, finally, faithful and resigned old woman (see 38.91.21 for Wilson's related design titled "Shakespeare's Seven Ages").
Artwork Details
- Title: The Female Seven Ages
- Artist: After George Wilson (British, active 1795–1801)
- Publisher: Ashton & Hawdon (British, active London 1770–98)
- Date: January 1, 1797
- Medium: Stipple engraving
- Dimensions: Sheet: 11 1/8 × 20 7/8 in. (28.2 × 53 cm)
- Classifications: Prints, Ornament & Architecture, Fans
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1938
- Object Number: 38.91.20
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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