The life & age of woman : Stages of woman's life from the cradle to the grave / Kelloggs & Comstock, 150 Fulton St., New York & 136 Main St., Hartford, Conn.

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Title: The life & age of woman : Stages of woman's life from the cradle to the grave / Kelloggs & Comstock, 150 Fulton St., New York & 136 Main St., Hartford, Conn.
Alternate Title: Life and age of woman
Date: [ca. 1848]
Creator: Kelloggs & Comstock, lithographer.
Notes: Depiction of women at various life stages, from infancy to death. Includes eleven images of women ascending and then descending a set of steps with corresponding scenes of their lives beneath them. Included is an infant in a cradle, a girl holding a doll, a young woman holding a rose, a woman wearing a wedding dress, a mother and infant, a middle aged woman wearing a cape, an older woman holding scales and a set of keys, an older woman holding a kerchief and looking away from the viewer, an elderly woman holding a cane, another elderly woman hunched over holding a cane, and a last elderly woman sitting in a chair knitting. Below the steps is a vignette showing three figures standing over a new gravesite as a hearse arrives. Below each woman is a line of corresponding verse.
Names and Subjects: Women--1840-1850.; Life cycle--1840-1850.; Aging--1840-1850.; Clothing & dress--1840-1850.; Miscellaneous prints.; Prints shelf.; Ensigns & Thayer,--publisher.; United States--New York--Buffalo.
Genre: Lithographs Hand-colored 1840-1850.
ID: 1048
Barcode: B6312897
Physical Description: 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored ; image 21.4 x 32.1 cm, on sheet 25.3 x 35.5 cm.
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2016-11-18 11:13:00

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Collection: William L. Clements Library Image Bank
Image Size: 5688 x 4870
File Size: 2 MB
Record: 1048
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Full citation: "The life & age of woman : Stages of woman's life from the cradle to the grave / Kelloggs & Comstock, 150 Fulton St., New York & 136 Main St., Hartford, Conn.". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-1048/wcl001142. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 27, 2025.