A woman doing her needlework next to a sleeping infant with an elderly couple in the background feeding chickens and resting, while a farmer is tilling the soil in the far distance; representing the Golden Age. Stipple engraving by G.S. & J.G. Facius after B. West.

  • West, Benjamin, 1738-1820.
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1778
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39005i
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A woman doing her needlework next to a sleeping infant with an elderly couple in the background feeding chickens and resting, while a farmer is tilling the soil in the far distance; representing the Golden Age. Stipple engraving by G.S. & J.G. Facius after B. West. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London (Cheapside) : John Boydell, 1778.

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1 print : stipple ; platemark 29.5 x 32.8 cm

Lettering

The golden age. Painted by B. West Historical painter to his Majesty. Engraved from the original picture by Facius.

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Wellcome Collection 39005i

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