Print made by Henry Thomas Alken, 1785–1851, British, The School-Boy, 1824
- Title:
- The School-Boy
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1824
- Materials & Techniques:
- Soft-ground etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 8 7/8 × 11 1/4 inches (22.6 × 28.6 cm), Image: 7 3/8 × 9 3/4 inches (18.7 × 24.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, upper left: "2R"; on back, lower left: "c"
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "HENRY ALKIN. del. et sculp."; lower center: "SHAKSPEARE'S SEVEN AGES. | The School-Boy. | London, Published by E. & C. Mc. Lean June 15th, 1824"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1976.1.93
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- As You Like It, Act II, Scene VII | bag | books | boys | branches | bridge (built work) | cap | children | coat | collar | costume | dogs (animals) | genre subject | gesture | houses | humor | jacket | landscape | leisure | literary theme | parody | pointing | reaching | reeds | river | satire | schoolboys | shirts | sticks | stripes | student | swimming | top hat | trees | trousers | waistcoat
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:25336
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