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The Life & Age of Woman by James S. Baillie

Baillie, James S.

This colored print shows a female at different stages from infancy to old age. This was a popular and recurring theme of genteel society during the 19th Century. The figures are depicted in ascending steps to middle age and then descending, with old age being the lowest to the right. Each image portrays a well-dressed girl or woman in appropriate attire for her position in society (i.e., bride, mother, matron). There are verses beneath each figure and vignettes that symbolize various stages of life. A small vignette of two people standing beside a man digging three graves is in the center foreground.

Date

1848

Type

lithograph

Medium

ink (overall material)

Department

NMAH

Institution

National Museum of American History

Object number

nmah_325225

Credit

Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection