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"The sixth age shifts into the lean and slipper'd pantaloon ... turning again towards childish treble, pipes and whistles in his sound", As you like it, act II, scene VII F.O.C. Darley.
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Folger copy
ART
Box
D221
no.33
(size
L)
Creator
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888, artist.
Title
"The
sixth
age
shifts
into the
lean
and
slipper'd
pantaloon..
.
turning
again
towards
childish
treble
,
pipes
and
whistles
in his
sound
", As
you
like
it
,
act
II
,
scene
VII
F.O.C
.
Darley
.
Date
[1884?]
Physical description
1
drawing
:
indian
ink
wash
with
white
pigment
highlights
;
image
350
x
263
mm
.
Notes
Title
derived
from
notes
in
pencil
and
colored
pencil
beneath
image
.
–
Date
based
on
first
published
work
containing
this
illustration
.
–
This
drawing
is
part
of a
set
of
30
Darley
illustrations
which
were
reproduced
as
photogravures
and
published
in
New
York
and
Philadelphia
by
Stoddart
. The
photogravures
were
sold
,
30
plates
in a
box
,
folio
size
, with an
imprint
dated
1884
,
under
the
title
'
Darley
gallery
of
Shakespearean
illustration
'.
Plates
were
issued
in
color
and in
black
and
white
(some
of
which
were
filmed
through
color
filters)
. A
Shakespeare
edition
,
published
in
New
York
by
Amies
in
1888
, also
contained
these
30
illustrations
along
with
designs
by A.
Chappell
. The
title
page
of the
Amies
edition
notes
that the
illustrations
are
photogravures
after
wash
drawings
by
Darley
.
Copies
of the
photogravures
can
be
found
in
FSL
ART
Vol
f80
and
ART
Inv
.
447
(colored)
and
448
. The
Shakespeare
edition
with
Darley
illustrations
is
PR
2752
1888e
Sh.Col
.
–
Provenance
:
Drawings
(ART
Box
D221
no.22-51)
were
sold
by
S
.
Henkels
in
January
,
1909
,
along
with the
library
of
Lewis
C
.
Gratz
.
Drawings
are
listed
at the
end
of the
sale
catalog
where
it
is
noted
that they were
being
sold
by
order
of
Darley's
widow
. The
above
noted
drawings
are
lot
no.437
in the
catalog
. The
items
were
purchased
by the
Folgers
from a
Freeman
Co
.
sale
in
Philadelphia
,
June
22
,
1909
.
(Formerly
ART
Inv
.
445
&
444)
.
Summary
Illustrates
the
sixth
age
from
Jaques
' "
Seven
ages
of
man
"
speech
in As
you
like
it
.
Subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. As you like it. Act 2. Scene 7, depicted.
Genre - Form
Book illustrations – 19th century.
Drawings – 19th century.
Associated name
Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822-1888. Darley gallery of Shakespearean illustrations.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works. 1888.
Darley, Jane Colburn, fl. 1859-1909, former owner.
OCLC number
658204965
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