Shakespeare's Seven Ages from As You Like It by William Shakespeare
George Wilson (fl.1795 - 1801)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, Ink
Measurements
280 x 530 mm
Collection
Greenway, Devon
NT 119387
Summary
Print. 'Shakespeare's Seven Ages' from As You Like It by William Shakespeare by George Wilson (fl.1795-1801) . Semi-circular print with oval shaped prints of each age plus Shakespeare's underneath. Bottom left: Published 1st January 1796 by Sarah Ashton no. 28 Little Britain. Bottom right: Entered at Stationer's Hall. Unmounted fan-leaf, with seven oval medallions, containing figures representing the seven ages of man; below each image, lettered quotations from As You Like It.
Makers and roles
George Wilson (fl.1795 - 1801), engraver (printmaker) Sarah Ashton (fl.1792 - 1798), publisher