Shakespeare's Seven Ages

Multiple artists/makers

1850

Not on view

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Catalogue Raisonné

Title: Shakespeare's Seven Ages
Etcher: Edward Goodall (British, near Leeds 1795–1870 London)
Artist: After Daniel Maclise (Irish, Cork 1806–1870 London)
Publisher: Art Union of London
Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
Date: 1850
Medium: Illustrations: etching
Dimensions: 9 3/16 x 12 13/16 x 3/16 in. (23.4 x 32.6 x 0.5cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
Object Number: 67.837.2
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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