Photo of Puck,Cole's Voyage of Life,1883,Keppler,Father Time,Life Cycle,Bicycle

Title: Life's ups-and-downs -- Puck's improvement on Cole's 'Voyage of Life' / J. Keppler.
Creator(s): Keppler, Joseph Ferdinand, 1838-1894, artist
Related Names:
Cole, Thomas, 1801-1848.
Date Created/Published: N.Y. : Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, 1883 July 11.
Summary: Illustration shows two men on bicycles, one just starting out on life's journey, being towed by Father Time, the second one is nearing the end of life's journey and about to get caught by a scythe and thrown from the bicycle into a grave. Milestones and signs mark the journey: in youth there is 'Health', between 20 and 30 there is 'Happiness', at 40 there is 'Pleasure', at 50 'Hope', at 60 there is 'Neglect', between 60 and 70 there is 'Regrets' and 'Sickness', at 80 there is 'Fear', and at 90 is an open grave with an owl perched on the mile-marker. At the top center is a 'Half Way House' and at bottom center, in a floral arrangement, is an hourglass on top of a clock.
Notes:
Title from item.
Illus. from Puck, v. 13, no. 331, (1883 July 11), centerfold.
Copyright 1883 by Keppler & Schwarzmann.
Subjects:
Father Time (Symbolic character)--1880-1890.
Life cycle--1880-1890.
Bicycles & tricycles--1880-1890.
Milestones--1880-1890.
Cartoons (Commentary)--1880-1890.
Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890.
Periodical illustrations--1880-1890.
Bookmark /2012645495/
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