As in a map here man may well perceiue, how tyme creeps on til death his life bereaue

Folger bibliographic ID: 256326
Folger call number: ART Box A265 no.1
Folger holdings ID: 339129
Accession Number: 225688

Depicts eleven ages of man, starting in infancy and then depicting every decade from 10 to 100. Each figure stands on one of eleven steps rising up over an archway, with the 50 year old man at the peak. Each step is decorated with the decade number and an animal, with a couplet describing why the animal is appropriate for that age. Bottom right and left corner have verses on scrolls held by skeletons. Under the archway are three women representing fates. Beneath the steps but above the archway are a putto and a skeleton. The putto holds a jug, which the skeleton has broken with a long stick so that liquid is pouring out

General notes

Date based on John Garrett's trading dates (see British Book Trade Index). Possibly a reissue of a plate pub. by Thomas Jenner. Antony Griffiths suggests of the Jenner print that the style of dress of the men suggests a date in the 1630s (see The Print in Stuart Britain, 1998, no. 92) Folger print is not colored See L. Rostenberg, English publishers, pp. 28, 76 This record contains unverified data from old cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete text. Please consult Curator for assistance Also available as a digital reproduction

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1990-1991. Five Years of Acquisitions (catalog p. 80)

Item information about Folger ART Box A265 no.1

Purchased as the Gift of Mrs. George C. Keiser in memory of Henry F. Butler

Fates (Mythology) Life cycle Men Children Clothing & dress Skeletons

publisher: Garrett, John, active 17th-18th century