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 LineGift of Harriet Howard
Object number1972.14.4
DescriptionIn 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, on the right, bare rocks and open water to the center and left under a lowering cloud; from the left top corner come steaks of light and small winged figures floating or sitting on clouds; in the top right, dark clouds. Printed by H. PetersOn View
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