As You Like It. Act II, Scene vii. The Seven Ages. First Age-Seventh Age. As You Like It. Act II, Scene vii. The Seven Ages. First Age-Seventh Age. Engravings after Robert Smirke by (respectively) Petro William Tompkins, John Ogborne, Robert Thew, John Ogborne, Jean Pierre Simon, William Satchwell Leney, John Pierre Simon. [London: Boydell,] June 4, 1801. 7 engravings, each 15 x 21", on laid paper with large margins. Slight soiling and stains in lower right margin. In very good condition. Nicely matted. A very attractive set. These seven engravings are based on the paintings by Robert Smirke to illustrate Jacque’s famous “All the World’s a Stage” discourse on the futility of life from act 2, scene 7 of As You Like It. All seven were collected in 1803 in John and Joshua Boydell’s A Collection of Printed from Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare by the artists of Great Britain (1803). Price: USD 2,000.00 other currencies    inquire

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