Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British, The Seven Ages of Man: The Schoolboy, 'As You Like It,' II, vii, between 1798 and 1801
- Title:
- The Seven Ages of Man: The Schoolboy, 'As You Like It,' II, vii
- Former Title(s):
- The seven ages of man, from Shakespeare 2nd --- "And then the whining school-boy, with satchel/ And shining morning face, creeping, like snail,/ Unwillingly to school." [1798, Royal Academy of Arts, London, exhibition catalogue]
- Date:
- between 1798 and 1801
- Materials & Techniques:
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions:
- 15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Label on verso, lower center: “[...] | Old and Modern Masters. | 14, Old Bond Street, London, W.1. | Telegrams: Colnaghi, Piccy, London | Telephone: Hyde Park 1943-44.”; upper left: “No. 60785 | Frame”; upper left: “No. 60784 | [handwritten] K [typed] Picture [handwritten] 78”
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.5.9
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1975.5.9FR
- Subject Terms:
- As You Like It, play by William Shakespeare | bag | boy | costume | cracked | landscape | literary theme | path | pocket | schoolboy | theater (discipline) | tree | walking
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
- Access:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:219
- Export:
- XML
- IIIF Manifest:
- JSON
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Geoffrey Ashton, Shakespeare and British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, p. 44, no. 112, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 206-207, N590.2 A83 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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