The Voyage of Life: Old Age
Artist
SMILLIE, James, 1807-1885
Date1855
Mediumengraving.
Dimensions15 5/16 in x 22 7/8 in
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineAnonymous Donor
Object number1956.45.4
DescriptionAfter Thos. Cole. In the foreground, flat rocks and water; to the right, a boat with a broken figurehead in which is seated a man with a beard and bald head; his left arm is raised and almost touching a figure floating above with a halo and outspread arms and wings, with right hand pointing upward and the left down toward the man; in the middle ground, at the right, bare rocks and open water to the center and left under a lowering cloud; from the top left corner come streaks of light and small figures with wings, floating or sitting on clouds; top right, dark clouds; inscriptions the same as "Childhood." Printed by J. H. DanielsOn View
Not on viewCollections
William Blake, 1757-1827
London : William Blake, 1825 [i.e. 1826].
