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.

  • Stewardson, Thomas, 1781-1859.
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April 1st 1828
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672418i
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view 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.

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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. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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

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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!"

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Wellcome Collection 672418i

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