An unmarried woman approaching middle age smiles seductively at the viewer as inwardly she considers her future with foreboding. Engraving by G. Kellaway, 1828, after T. Stewardson.

[London] (14 Brownlow street, Holborn) : W.J. White, engraver, April 1st 1828.

1 print : mixed method, stipple, engraving and etching ; platemark 25.3 x 19.4 cm

The sigh. Stewardson pinxt. G. Kellaway sc.t Lettering continues: "Love will soon be growing old, Heigho! Heigho! / Half his time's already told, Heigho! Heigho! / When he's dead and buried too / What shall we poor maidens do? / I can't tell, I'm sure --can you? Heigho! Heigho!"

Wellcome Collection 672418i