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Creator:
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616
Title(s):
The seuen ages of man / described by William Shakespeare ; depicted by Robert Smirke.
Additional Title(s):

Seven ages of man

Shakespeare's seven ages of man

Shakespeares seuen ages of man

Ages of human life

As you like it. Selections
Published/Created:
London : L. Booth, 307 Regent Street W, and S. Ayling, 493 Oxford Street WC, 1864.
London : Printed by J Strangeways & H E Walden, 28 Castle Street, Leicester Square.
Physical Description:
XXIII pages : illustrations ; 15 x 15 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
PR2883 .S4 1864
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
The portraits and plates are albumen photographs.
BAC PR2883 .S4 1864: Bound in publisher's blind- and gold-stamped red cloth.
Pairs lines of Jacques' "All the world's a stage" monologue (from William Shakespeare's As you like it, act 2, scene 7) with photographic reproductions of Robert Smirke's painting series "The seven ages of man," based on the same monologue. Smirke originally painted the works for the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery.
Subject Terms:
Shakespeare, William, 1564–1616 -- Illustrations.
Form/Genre:
Photographs.
Albumen prints.
Contributors:
Smirke, Robert, 1752–1845, illustrator.
Booth, Lionel, active 19th century, publisher.
Ayling, Stephen, publisher.
Strangeways and Walden, printer.
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