The Life and Age of Man: Stages of Man's Life from the Cradle to the Grave by Frederick Gleason
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1850
name: label: maker
content: Gleason, Frederick
notes: label: Description
content: This colored print depicts a male from infancy to old age in decade-long spans, which was a popular and recurring theme of genteel society during the 19th Century. The figures are shown on ascending steps up to age 50 and then descending, with age 100 being the lowest to the right. Each image portrays a well-dressed youth or man in appropriate attire for his position in society (i.e., gentleman, soldier, elder). Verses beneath each figure associate a depicted animal with that stage of life. In the lower center is a small vignette of three men drinking at a table while a young man and women walk away. The devil gestures between the two groups.
label: Description
content: This print was produced by Frederick Gleason (1814-1896). a lithographer and publisher in Boston, Massachusetts. Born in September 1814 in Germany, Gleason moved to the United States in October 1836, and began his career as a bookbinder. He became a citizen in June 1840. He is best known for establishing the popular illustrated weekly <i>Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion</i> in 1851, modelled on the Illustrated <i>London News.</i> At the time an innovation in American publishing, it brought him considerable success. After the Pictorial, Gleason published <i>Gleason's Literary Companion</i> from 1860–70; <i>Gleason's Home Circle</i> from 1871–90; and <i>Gleason's Monthly Companion</i> from 1872–87. He was married a second time after his first wife died, and he died November 6, 1896 in Boston.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
topic: label: Subject
content: Drinking
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content: Wild Animals
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content: Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
label: Subject
content: Children
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content: Economy
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content: Uniforms, Military
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Morality & Religious Prints
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.2933
label: catalog number
content: 60.2933
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 9 in x 13 in; 22.86 cm x 33.02 cm