From seven ages: "sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything", As you like it, act II, sc. 7

Folger bibliographic ID: 255359
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Folger holdings ID: 336451

Depicts the seventh age from Jacques' speech, an old man in a chair with a young man and woman attending to him. For a more rough pencil sketch of the same scene by Darley, see ART Box D221 no.6

General notes

Title derived from penciled note beneath image, lower right corner. Drawing is signed within image, lower left corner History: Drawing is part of a series of designs done for the 'Darley gallery of Shakespearean illustration' (published in 1884) which was made up of 30 illustrations to Shakespeare's plays. This drawing, however, was never reproduced for the printed edition Provenance: Drawing is listed as no. 444 in S. J. Henkel's Jan, 1909 catalog. For further provenance information see record for Darley, F.O.C. Darley gallery of Shakespeare

Extended title: From seven ages: "sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything", As you like it, act II, sc. 7 F.O.C. Darley

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. As you like it

artist: Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888
former owner: Darley, Jane Colburn, active 1859-1909